RE: BioNTech to Raise USD 250 Million in Private Placement29 Jun 2020 14:23
so from the Patent point of view you can track the Tag .................
Epitope tags are short stretches of amino acids to which a specific antibody can be raised, which in some embodiments allows one to specifically identify and track the tagged protein that has been added to a living organism or to cultured cells. Detection of the tagged molecule can be achieved using a number of different techniques. Examples of such techniques include: immunohistochemistry, immunoprecipitation, flow cytometry, immunofluorescence microscopy, ELISA, immunoblotting ("western"), and affinity chromatography. Epitope tags add a known epitope (antibody binding site) on the subject protein, to provide binding of a known and often high-affinity antibody, and thereby allowing one to specifically identify and """track the tagged protein that has been added to a living organism or to cultured cells."""
you cannot use a Moditope TCR to break patent because ............ Scancell can identify them ... via the Tag