ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,601, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Novartis AG (Basel, Switzerland).

"Chimeric antigen receptors and uses thereof" was invented by Aida Abujoub (Winchester, Mass.), John Blankenship (Acton, Mass.), Attilio Bondanza (Basel, Switzerland), Jennifer Brogdon (Sudbury, Mass.), Dexiu Bu (Melrose, Mass.), Serena De Vita (Brookline, Mass.), Glenn Dranoff (Sudbury, Mass.), Boris Engels (Arlington, Mass.), Tony Fleming (Stow, Mass.), Brian Walter Granda (Salisbury, Mass.), Michael R. Greene (Groton, Mass.), Carla Patricia Guimaraes (Boston), Anniesha Hack (East Hanover, Mass.), Brian Holmberg (Somerville, Mass.), Connie Hong (Somerville, Mass.), Lu Huang (West Roxbury, Mass.), Olja Kodr...