ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,763, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to BIOSION INC. (Nanjing, China).

"Antibodies binding C5 and uses thereof" was invented by Mingjiu Chen (Nanjing, China) and Shukai Xia (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An isolated monoclonal antibody that specifically binds human C5, or the antigen-binding portion thereof. A nucleic acid molecule encoding the antibody or the antigen-binding portion thereof, an expression vector, a host cell and a method for expressing the antibody or the antigen-binding portion thereof are also provided. Further provided are a bispecific molecule, an immunoconjugate, a chimeric antigen receptor, an ...