US Patent Issued to UNIVERSIDAD DE MURCIA on Sept. 29 for "Monoclonal antibody and polyclonal antibody and oxytocin quantification method based on same" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,117, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to UNIVERSIDAD DE MURCIA (Murcia, Spain).

"Monoclonal antibody and polyclonal antibody and oxytocin quantification method based on same" was invented by Jose Joaquin Ceron Madrigal (Murcia, Spain), Silvia Martinez Subiela (Murcia, Spain) and Marina Lopez Arjona (Murcia, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an in vitro method for the quantification of free oxytocin, protein-bound oxytocin that can be released in a reduction/alkylation treatment, and protein-bound oxytocin, in a sample, without performing a reduction/alkylation treatment, wherein said method compri...