US Patent Issued to ASKGENE PHARMA on April 14 for "Masked cytokines and methods of use thereof" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,762, issued on April 14, was assigned to ASKGENE PHARMA INC. (Camarillo, Calif.).

"Masked cytokines and methods of use thereof" was invented by Yuefeng Lu (Moorpark, Calif.), Chunxiao Yu (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Jian-Feng Lu (Oak Park, Calif.) and Liqin Liu (Woodland Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are prodrugs and methods of making and using thereof for stimulating the immune system, or treating cancer, autoimmune or an infectious disease."

The patent was filed on Jan. 11, 2021, under Application No. 17/787,741.

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