ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,346, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to XOMA (US) LLC (Emeryville, Calif.).

"Parathyroid hormone receptor 1(PTH1R) antibodies and uses thereof" was invented by Raphael D. Levy (Redwood City, Calif.), Hassan Issafras (Kensington, Calif.), Agnes Choppin Holmes (Mountain View, Calif.), Kirk W. Johnson (Moraga, Calif.), Amer M. Mirza (San Francisco), Daniel H. Bedinger (Pleasant Hill, Calif.), Rachel A. Hunt (Emeryville, Calif.), Toshihiko Takeuchi (Oakland, Calif.), Kiranjit Kaur Ahluwalia (Fremont, Calif.) and Robyn Cotter (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates, in general, human antibodies against...