US Patent Issued to Prothena Biosciences on Sept. 15 for "Antibodies recognizing tau" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,507, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Prothena Biosciences Ltd. (Dublin).

"Antibodies recognizing tau" was invented by Tarlochan S. Nijjar (Orinda, Calif.), Robin Barbour (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Philip James Dolan III (Foster City, Calif.), Yue Liu (Foster City, Calif.), Svetlana Alexander (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Mark E. Renz (Millbrae, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides antibodies that specifically bind tau. The antibodies inhibit or delay tau-associated pathologies and associated symptomatic deterioration."

The patent was filed on Nov. 8, 2019, under Application No. 17/291,986.

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