**5. Patents**

Martins A, Oliveira C, Reis RL, Neves NM. Polymeric substrates with immobilized antibodies and method of production thereof. WO/2015/166414 A1, EP 3137906 A1, US 2017/0051050 A1. Priority date 28/04/2014.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, E.B., A.M. and N.M.N.; methodology, E.B., M.A.d.S., A.C., A.M. and N.M.N.; validation, A.M. and N.M.N.; formal analysis, E.B., S.F. and A.M.; investigation, E.B., M.A.d.S. and C.C.; resources, A.C., R.L.R., A.M. and N.M.N.; data curation, E.B., M.A.d.S. and C.C.; writing—Original draft preparation, E.B., M.A.d.S. and A.M.; writing—Review and editing, A.M. and N.M.N.; visualization, E.B., A.M. and N.M.N.; supervision, A.C., R.L.R., A.M. and N.M.N.; project administration, R.L.R., A.M. and N.M.N.; funding acquisition, R.L.R., A.M. and N.M.N.

**Funding:** This research was funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), namely the Post-doc fellowships of Marta Alves da Silva and Cristina Cunha (SFRH/BPD/73322/2010 and SFRH/BPD/96176/2013, respectively) and the Starting Investigator Grant of Agostinho Carvalho and Albino Martins (IF/00735/2014 and IF/00376/2014, respectively). It was also acknowledged the funded projects SPARTAN (PTDC/CTM-BIO/4388/2014) and FROnTHERA (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000023).

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.
