ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,728, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Sciwind Biosciences Co. Ltd. (Hangzhou Zhejiang, China).

"Interleukin 29 mutant protein" was invented by Liu Yang (Beijing), Yan Li (Beijing), Jing Feng (Beijing), Wanjun Guo (Beijing) and Hai Pan (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an interleukin 29 (IL29) mutant protein, and a fusion protein, a conjugate, a pharmaceutical composition, a product and a kit which comprises the mutant protein. The provided IL29 mutant protein has good activity and stability, and can effectively prevent and/or treat viral infectious diseases, tumors and other diseases needing to regulate the body ...