ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,315, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. (Little Falls, N.J.).

"Anti-rabbit CD19 antibodies and methods of use" was invented by Alexander Haas (Penzberg, Germany), Friederike Jung (Penzberg, Germany), Stefan Klostermann (Penzberg, Germany) and Sonja Offner (Penzberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Herein is reported an antibody binding to rabbit CD19 comprising (a) a HVR-H1 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 32 or 33 or 34, (b) a HVR-H2 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 35 or 36, (c) a HVR-H3 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 37, (d) a HVR-L1 comprising the amino...