ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,889, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. (Little Falls, N.J.).

"Anti-HLA-G antibodies and use thereof" was invented by Alexander Bujotzek (Munich), Alejandro Carpy Gutierrez Cirlos (Munich), Anne Freimoser-Grundschober (Zurich), Carina Hage (Penzberg, Germany), Thomas Hofer (Zurich), Silke Kirchner (Penzberg, Germany), Meher Majety (Munich), Ekkehard Moessner (Kreuzlingen, Switzerland), Christiane Neumann (Schlieren, Switzerland), Christian Spick (Seeshaupt, Germany), Georg Tiefenthaler (Sindelsdorf, Germany) and Thomas Weindl (Lenggries, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an...