US Patent Issued to Denka on Jan. 13 for "Anti-RS virus-recognizing antibody, and immunoassay method and immunoassay apparatus using the antibody" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,650, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Denka Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Anti-RS virus-recognizing antibody, and immunoassay method and immunoassay apparatus using the antibody" was invented by Miwa Kuwahara (Niigata, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an anti-RS virus antibody with high sensitivity and a test reagent using the antibody.An anti-RS virus N protein monoclonal antibody, comprising a heavy chain variable region consisting of the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, and a light chain variable region consisting of the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, 3 or 4, or an antigen-binding fragme...