US Patent Issued to Navigo Proteins on April 29 for "Binding proteins for the enzyme acid alpha glucosidase (GAA) and uses thereof" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,458, issued on April 29, was assigned to Navigo Proteins GmbH (Halle/Saale, Germany).

"Binding proteins for the enzyme acid alpha glucosidase (GAA) and uses thereof" was invented by Erik Fiedler (Halle/Saale, Germany), Mathias Kahl (Halle/Saale, Germany), Jonathan Lotze (Halle/Saale, Germany) and Eva Bosse-Doenecke (Halle/Saale, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the field of protein purification and relates in particular to novel proteins that bind specifically to acid alpha glucosidase (GAA). The invention further relates to fusion proteins comprising novel proteins that bind specifically to GAA....