ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,299, issued on March 17, was assigned to SURFACE ONCOLOGY LLC (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Anti-IL-27 antibodies and uses thereof" was invented by Alison O'Neill (Cambridge, Mass.), Lauren Harshman (Cambridge, Mass.), Jonathan Hill (Cambridge, Mass.), Jou-Ku Chung (Cambridge, Mass.), Kerry White (Cambridge, Mass.), Robert Ross (Cambridge, Mass.) and Benjamin Lee (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to anti-IL-27 antibodies, and antigen-binding portions thereof. The disclosure also relates to methods for treating or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a disease, such as cancer, by administering...