US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Feb. 24 for "Isoform-independent antibodies to lipoprotein(a)" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,575, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Isoform-independent antibodies to lipoprotein(a)" was invented by Sotirios Tsimikas (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), Joseph L. Witztum (San Diego) and Ayelet Gonen (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides for antibody and antibody fragments that bind to lipoprotein(a) epitopes and methods of use thereof, including the production of transgenic animal models and the use of the fragments as therapeutic and diagnostic agents for treating diseases and disorders associated with Lp(a)."

The patent was filed on A...