US Patent Issued to BEIJING KIMWAY BIOTECH on April 14 for "Immunogenic peptide fragments of metalloprotease ADAMTS-7 and uses thereof in anti-atherosclerosis and related diseases" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,654, issued on April 14, was assigned to BEIJING KIMWAY BIOTECH Co. LTD (Beijing).

"Immunogenic peptide fragments of metalloprotease ADAMTS-7 and uses thereof in anti-atherosclerosis and related diseases" was invented by Wei Kong (Beijing), Yi Fu (Beijing), Jingang Zheng (Beijing), Zihan Ma (Beijing), Yuhua Liao (Beijing), Xiao Chen (Beijing) and Chenfeng Mao (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Immunogenic peptide fragments of metalloprotease ADAMTS-7 including a first short peptide, which is any one of the followings: a short peptide having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing; a short peptide h...