US Patent Issued to Zymeworks BC on May 20 for "Multivalent and bispecific antibody constructs and methods of use thereof" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,954, issued on May 20, was assigned to Zymeworks BC Inc. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Multivalent and bispecific antibody constructs and methods of use thereof" was invented by Nicole Afacan (Vancouver, Canada), Chayne L. Piscitelli (Vancouver, Canada), Thomas Spreter Von Kreudenstein (Vancouver, Canada), Patricia Zwierzchowski (Vancouver, Canada), Nina E. Weisser (Vancouver, Canada), David Douda (Vancouver, Canada), Kara White-Moyes (Seattle) and Harsh Pratap (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to multivalent, e.g., trivalent, and bispecific antibody constructs capable of binding an antigen on a...