ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,713, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to AM-PHARMA B.V. (Utrecht, Netherlands).
"Chimeric alkaline phosphatase-like proteins" was invented by Willem Raaben (Amersfoort, Netherlands), Luigi Johannes Cornelius Jonk (Utrecht, Netherlands), Erik Jan Van Den Berg (Vught, Netherlands), Andrea Van Elsas (Oakland, Calif.) and Jose Luis Millan (Valley Center, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to improved alkaline phosphatases, pharmaceutical compositions comprising improved alkaline phosphatases and the use of improved alkaline phosphatases for preventing, treating or curing diseases."
The patent was filed on May 30,...