ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,336, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to IGM BIOSCIENCES INC. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Binding molecules with modified J-chain" was invented by Bruce A. Keyt (Hillsborough, Calif.), Leonard G. Presta (San Francisco) and Ramesh Baliga (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns binding molecules that comprise an IgM, IgA, IgG/IgM or IgG/IgA antibody with a J-chain modified to include an ADME-modulating moiety, and their uses."
The patent was filed on Nov. 11, 2022, under Application No. 18/054,776.
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