ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,318, issued on July 8, was assigned to Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Combination therapy to treat brain cancer" was invented by Amy-Lee Bredlau (Mahopac, N.Y.), Israel Lowy (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.), Jeffrey Skolnik (Cherry Hill, N.J.), Jian Yan (Wallingford, Pa.), Bernadette Ferraro (San Diego), Jewell Walters (Poway, Calif.), Albert J. Sylvester III (Croydon, Pa.), Kimberly A. Kraynyak (Norristown, Pa.), Matthew P. Morrow (Malvern, Pa.) and Elisabeth Gillespie (Horsham, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods of treating brain cancer in a s...