US Patent Issued to Universitatsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf on July 7 for "VHH-containing heavy chain antibody and production thereof" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,984, issued on July 7, was assigned to Universitatsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (Hamburg, Germany).

"VHH-containing heavy chain antibody and production thereof" was invented by Friedrich Nolte (Hamburg, Germany), Thomas Eden (Hamburg, Germany), Janusz Wesolowski (Hamburg, Germany) and Stephan Menzel (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention contemplates isolated polynucleotide for the production of a VHH-containing heavy chain antibody in a mammal and vectors comprising said isolated polynucleotide. Moreover, the invention relates to a transgenic mammal comprising the vector for the production of a VHH-conta...