ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,738, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ARCUS BIOSCIENCES INC. (Hayward, Calif.).
"Treatment of oncogene-driven cancers" was invented by Joanne B.L. Tan (San Francisco), Akshata R. Udyavar (Foster City, Calif.) and Stephen W. Young (Palomar Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods of treating a subject identified as having an oncogene driven cancer comprising administering to said subject an agent targeting the extracellular production of adenosine and/or an agent antagonizing the activation by adenosine of one of its receptors."
The patent was filed on March 11, 2020, under Application No....