ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,338, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to BLACK BELT THERAPEUTICS Ltd. (Stevenage, Great Britain).

"CD38 modulating antibody" was invented by Pascal Merchiers (Stevenage, Great Britain), Anne Goubier (Stevenage, Great Britain), Kevin Moulder (Stevenage, Great Britain), Nina Eissler (Stevenage, Great Britain), Josephine Salimu (Stevenage, Great Britain), Simone Filosto (Stevenage, Great Britain), Beatriz Goyenechea Corzo (Stevenage, Great Britain), Hemanta Baruah (Lebanon, N.H.) and Bianka Prinz (Lebanon, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides antibodies that bind to human CD38. In particular, the antibodies a...