US Patent Issued to MEDICOVESTOR on June 9 for "Proteins that bind SP17 including fully-human anti-SP17 antibodies" (Delaware Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,790, issued on June 9, was assigned to MEDICOVESTOR INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Proteins that bind SP17 including fully-human anti-SP17 antibodies" was invented by Seah Lim (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes proteins that specifically bind human sperm protein 17 (Sp17) with nanomolar affinity and high specificity. These proteins include a recombinant human anti-Sp17 IgG that is suitable for use as a therapeutic antibody to treat cancers that ectopically express Sp17. Other Sp17-binding proteins are described including antibody fragments, antibody conjugates, and fusion proteins."

The patent was f...