US Patent Issued to EUTILEX on Feb. 24 for "PD-1 polypeptide variants" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,538, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to EUTILEX Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"PD-1 polypeptide variants" was invented by Byoung S Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Seunghyun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hanna Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Sung Park (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Kyung Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Hee Han (Seoul, South Korea), Sun Woo Im (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyun Tae Son (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are PD-1 polypeptide variants including an extracellular domain that binds specifically to PD-L1, and a transmembrane domain or a fragment thereof. The disclosure also provides PD-1 Fc fusion prot...