ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,319, issued on March 17, was assigned to SYSTIMMUNE INC. (Redmond, Wash.).

"Anti-TROP2 antibody" was invented by Yi Zhu (ChengDu, China), Yong Zhang (ChengDu, China), Shi Zhuo (ChengDu, China), Muran Ding (ChengDu, China) and Zun Wang (ChengDu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to antibodies, in particular monoclonal antibodies of murine, chimeric, and humanized origin, that specifically bind to the human TROP2 protein, and to the amino acid and nucleotide sequences encoding these antibodies. The disclosure also discloses the use of these antibodies as a diagnostic reagent or a drug in the diagnosti...