ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,316, issued on July 28, was assigned to INTERVET INC. (Rahway, N.J.).

"Antibodies to canine interleukin-4 receptor alpha" was invented by Mohamad Morsey (Omaha, Neb.) and Yuanzheng Zhang (Somerset, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides antibodies to canine IL-4 receptor alpha that have a high binding affinity for canine IL-4 receptor alpha, and that can block the binding of canine IL-4 and/or IL-13 to canine IL-4 receptor alpha. The present invention further relates to epitopes of canine IL-4 receptor alpha that bind to the antibodies to canine IL-4 receptor alpha. The present invention further provides t...