US Patent Issued to STICHTING SANQUIN BLOEDVOORZIENING on May 12 for "Factor H potentiating antibodies and uses thereof" (Dutch, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,094, issued on May 12, was assigned to STICHTING SANQUIN BLOEDVOORZIENING (Amsterdam).

"Factor H potentiating antibodies and uses thereof" was invented by Taco Willem Kuijpers (Amsterdam), Diana Wouters (Badhoevedorp, Netherlands), Maria Clara Brouwer (Blokker, Netherlands) and Richard Benjamin Pouw (Lorrach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to novel isolated, synthetic or recombinant antibodies and fragments thereof specific for factor H. The invention further relates to the use of such antibodies and fragments for inhibiting complement activation and treatment of disorders associated with complement activ...