ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,258, issued on May 13, was assigned to Humabs BioMed SA (Bellinzona, Switzerland) and Institute for Research in Biomedicine (Bellinzona, Switzerland).

"Antibodies against Campylobacter species" was invented by Matteo Samuele Pizzuto (Bellinzona, Switzerland), Fabio Benigni (Bellinzona, Switzerland), Davide Corti (Bellinzona, Switzerland), Fabio Grassi (Bellinzona, Switzerland) and Lisa Perruzza (Bellinzona, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The instant disclosure provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that are specific for Campylobacter and, in certain embodiments, are capable of neutralizing a Campylobact...