US Patent Issued to Kite Pharma on March 24 for "Chimeric antigen and T cell receptors and methods of use" (California, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,923, issued on March 24, was assigned to Kite Pharma Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Chimeric antigen and T cell receptors and methods of use" was invented by Arianne Perez (Woodland Hills, Calif.), Stuart A. Sievers (Van Nuys, Calif.), Ruben Alvarez Rodriguez (Los Angeles), Jonathan Belk (Lebanon, N.H.) and Jed Wiltzius (Woodland Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) or a T cell receptor (TCR) comprising one or more of the antigen binding motifs disclosed herein. Aspects of the disclosure relate to a polynucleotide encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) or a T cell receptor (TC...