US Patent Issued to City of Hope on Aug. 11 for "Anti-HVEM antibodies" (American, Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,757, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to City of Hope (Duarte, Calif.).

"Anti-HVEM antibodies" was invented by Flavia Pichiorri (La Canada, Calif.), Ada Dona (Pasadena, Calif.), Alfur Hung (Taichung City, Taiwan), Miso Park (Duarte, Calif.) and John C. Williams (Monrovia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are, inter alia, antibodies (e.g. humanized antibodies, monoclonal antibodies, antibody fragments (e.g., scFvs) and antibody compositions (e.g., chimeric antigen receptors, bispecific antibodies), which bind herpesvirus entry mediator (HVEM) with high efficiency and specificity. The antibodies and antibody composi...