ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,209, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Ogory Inc. (San Diego).

"CD38 antibody drug conjugate" was invented by Tong Zhu (San Diego), Alisher Khasanov (San Diego), Gang Chen (San Diego), Katherine Fells (San Diego), Heyue Zhou (San Diego) and John Dixon Gray (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed an antibody drug conjugate (ADC) having an IgG antibody that binds to a CD38 target conjugated at a Cys site in the hinge region of an IgG antibody. There is further disclosed a method for treating multiple myeloma comprising providing an effective amount of a CD38 ADC."

The patent was filed on Nov. 3, 2021, under App...