ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,929, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to DIABETES-FREE INC. (New York).

"Antagonistic anti-human CD40 monoclonal antibodies" was invented by Anton Egbert Peter Adang (Utrecht, Netherlands) and Mark De Boer (Utrecht, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure concerns antibodies that bind and antagonize CD40. These antibodies are particularly useful to inhibit immune responses and treat auto-immune diseases."

The patent was filed on May 12, 2022, under Application No. 17/742,702.

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