US Patent Issued to Kymab on Aug. 4 for "Cells, vertebrates, populations and methods" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,885, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Kymab Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Cells, vertebrates, populations and methods" was invented by E-Chiang Lee (Cambridge, Great Britain), Wei Wang (Cambridge, Great Britain), John Kenneth Blackwood (Cambridge, Great Britain), Roberto Magliozzi (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Andrew Wood (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to cells and non-human vertebrates for producing antibody chains (eg, truly common L or H chains), in particular for use in producing multi-specific antibodies useful for therapy or diagnosis."

The patent was filed on Dec. 19, 2019,...