ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,612, issued on April 21, was assigned to The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (Philadelphia).

"Multivalent DNA antibody constructs and use thereof" was invented by David Weiner (Merion, Pa.), Elizabeth Parzych (Philadelpha, Pa.) and Ami Patel (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions for generating a synthetic antibody or synthetic multivalent antibody in a subject. Also disclosed are methods for generating a synthetic antibody or synthetic multivalent antibody in a subject by administering a composition including one or more recombinant nucleic acid sequence that encodes a synthetic antib...