US Patent Issued to JCR Pharmaceuticals on Feb. 4 for "Fusion protein including BDNF" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,007, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to JCR Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Fusion protein including BDNF" was invented by Hiroyuki Sonoda (Kobe, Japan) and Kenichi Takahashi (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a fusion protein of BDNF and an anti-human transferrin receptor antibody, in which in a heavy chain variable region of the antibody, (a) CDR1 includes an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 66 or SEQ ID NO: 67, (b) CDR2 includes an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13 or SEQ ID NO: 14, and (c) CDR3 includes an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15 or SEQ ID NO: 16."

The patent was f...