ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,386, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Zhuhai Trinomab Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Anti-varicella-zoster virus antibody" was invented by Huaxin Liao (Guangdong, China), Yueming Wang (Guangdong, China), Weihong Zheng (Guangdong, China) and Jiaqi Li (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to neutralizing monoclonal antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof that are specific for and bind with high affinity to Varicella-Zoster Virus, and a preparation method for producing such antibodies. The antibodies of the present invention have high efficiency in neutralizing Varicella-Zoster Virus...