US Patent Issued to CLEMSON UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION on July 29 for "Anti-elastin antibodies and methods of use" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,479, issued on July 29, was assigned to CLEMSON UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Clemson, S.C.).

"Anti-elastin antibodies and methods of use" was invented by Narendra R. Vyavahare (Clemson, S.C.), Charles D. Rice (Clemson, S.C.), Nasim Nosoudi (Clemson, S.C.), Saketh Karamched (Clemson, S.C.) and Vaideesh Parasaram (Clemson, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof that specifically recognize and bind an epitope of elastin that is exposed and accessible in degraded elastic fiber are described. The antibodies and/or antigen binding fragments can be operably linked to a secondary component, in...