US Patent Issued to JANUX THERAPEUTICS on Sept. 15 for "Modified antibodies" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,208, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to JANUX THERAPEUTICS INC. (San Diego).

"Modified antibodies" was invented by David Campbell (San Diego), Ramesh Bhatt (San Diego), William J. Dower (Menlo Park, Calif.), Steven E. Cwirla (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Blake M. Williams (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are modified antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, as well as nucleic acids, and methods for making and discovering the same. The modified antibodies described herein are modified with a peptide. The peptide binds at or near the antigen binding site of the antibody at physiological pH, thus r...