ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,949, issued on June 2, was assigned to Gritstone bio Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.).

"Multi-specific antibodies and methods of use" was invented by Isaac J. Rondon (Emeryville, Calif.), Christine Janson (Emeryville, Calif.), Manankumar Anilkumar Shah (Emeryville, Calif.) and Karin Jooss (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are multispecific antigen binding proteins that selectively bind a particular KKLC-1 (CT-83) shared antigen and CD3, as well as related methods, kits, and compositions. Included herein are multispecific antigen binding proteins with a circularized conformation."

The patent was filed on July 12, 2023...