US Patent Issued to Akeso Biopharma on April 7 for "Anti-human P40 protein domain antibody and use thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,300, issued on April 7, was assigned to Akeso Biopharma Inc. (Zhongshan, China).

"Anti-human P40 protein domain antibody and use thereof" was invented by Yu Xia (Zhongshan, China), Zhongmin Maxwell Wang (Zhongshan, China), Peng Zhang (Zhongshan, China) and Baiyong Li (Zhongshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an antibody for the treatment or prevention of autoimmune diseases, comprising a heavy chain variable region represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 24, and a light chain variable region represented by SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 13, SEQ ID NO: 15, SEQ ID NO: 17, or SEQ ID NO: 25."

The patent was...