ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,167, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to ICONIC THERAPEUTICS LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Anti-tissue factor antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates, and related methods" was invented by Jan-Willem Theunissen (South San Francisco, Calif.), Andrew D. Avery (South San Francisco, Calif.), Allen G. Cai (South San Francisco, Calif.), Anthony Byron Cooper (South San Francisco, Calif.) and Thi-Sau Migone (South San Francisco, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind to human tissue factor (TF), anti-TF antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), and compositions comprising the antibodies or ADCs. Also provided...