ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,433, issued on April 21, was assigned to UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea) and OSONG MEDICAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea).

"Antibody specifically binding to PTK7 and use thereof" was invented by Seung Taek Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Won Sik Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Si Won Oh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), So Young Choi (Sejong-si, South Korea), Se Ra Lee (Sejong-si, South Korea) and So Ra Park (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed are antibodies specifically binding to PTK7 and a use thereof and, more particularly, PTK7 neutralizing ...