US Patent Issued to NANTONG UNIVERSITY on May 13 for "Peptide compounds targeting PD-1 receptor as well as preparation and applications thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,293, issued on May 13, was assigned to NANTONG UNIVERSITY (Jiangsu, China).

"Peptide compounds targeting PD-1 receptor as well as preparation and applications thereof" was invented by Gang Chen (Jiangsu, China), Long Zhao (Jiangsu, China), Yayu Zhao (Jiangsu, China), Ying Chen (Jiangsu, China), Hao Luo (Jiangsu, China), Yonghui Zhang (Jiangsu, China) and Jinhuan Wei (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peptide compound targeting a PD-1 receptor includes: a compound 1, a compound 2, a compound 3, a compound 4 and a compound 5; wherein the compounds 1-5 comprise amino acid sequences identical to SEQ ID NO: 1-5, respectively...