US Patent Issued to Genentech on Oct. 14 for "Conjugated chemical inducers of degradation and methods of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,706, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Genentech Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Conjugated chemical inducers of degradation and methods of use" was invented by Peter Dragovich (South San Francisco, Calif.), Thomas Pillow (South San Francisco, Calif.), Robert Anthony Blake (South San Francisco, Calif.) and Ingrid Wertz (South San Francisco, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject matter described herein is directed to antibody-CIDE conjugates (Ab-CIDEs), to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to their use in treating diseases and conditions where targeted protein degradation is beneficial."

The patent wa...