ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,573, issued on June 30, was assigned to Zhejiang Yangshengtang Institute of Natural Medication Co. Ltd. (Zhejiang, China).

"Linker, antibody-drug conjugate including same and use thereof" was invented by Xinbo Zhou (Beijing), Yanming Wang (Beijing), Shiyong Fan (Beijing), Song Li (Beijing), Wu Zhong (Beijing), Junhai Xiao (Beijing), Zhibing Zheng (Beijing), Xingzhou Li (Beijing), Dian Xiao (Beijing), Yunde Xie (Beijing), Xiaokui Wang (Beijing) and Ruiyuan Cao (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a linker represented by Formula I or I', an antibody-drug conjugate containing the same, and use of thereof, a pharmaceutica...