ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,126, issued on June 17, was assigned to Inhibrx Biosciences Inc. (La Jolla, Calif.).

"OX40-binding polypeptides and uses thereof" was invented by John C. Timmer (San Diego), William Crago (San Diego), Kyle Jones (San Marcos, Calif.), Katelyn Willis (San Diego), Florian Sulzmaier (San Diego), Bryan Becklund (San Diego) and Brendan P. Eckelman (Encinitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are VHH-containing polypeptides that bind OX40. In some embodiments, VHH-containing polypeptides that bind and agonize OX40 are provided. Uses of the VHH-containing polypeptides are also provided."

The patent was filed on May 8, 2...