ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,871, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Zoetis Services LLC (Parsippany, N.J.).

"Nucleic acids encoding humanized anti-NGF antibodies" was invented by Sebastian C. J. Steiniger (Kalamazoo, Mich.), William Dunkle (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Catherine Rugg (Cronulla, Australia) and Steven A. Dunham (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure encompasses novel anti-NGF antibodies, antigen binding proteins and polynucleotides encoding the same. The disclosure further provides use of the novel antibodies, antigen binding proteins and/or nucleotide of the invention for the treatment of NGF related disorders, particularl...