{
  "patent_number": "US 12735507",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "Antibodies to Target Tau Protein in Brain Diseases",
  "original_title": "Antibodies recognizing tau",
  "summary": "This patent describes specific antibodies designed to bind to the tau protein, aiming to slow down or stop brain diseases linked to tau, like Alzheimer's.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent focuses on creating special proteins called antibodies that can find and attach to a specific target: the tau protein. The abstract states these antibodies \"specifically bind tau.\" By binding to tau, these antibodies are designed to \"inhibit or delay tau-associated pathologies\" which are the harmful changes in the brain caused by tau. This could also delay \"associated symptomatic deterioration,\" meaning the worsening of disease symptoms. For example, such an antibody might prevent abnormal tau from clumping together in brain cells, a process seen in neurodegenerative diseases.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover small molecule drugs or other non-antibody treatments for tau-associated pathologies.",
    "Does not cover antibodies that target other proteins or biological markers not related to tau.",
    "Does not cover diagnostic methods for tau-associated pathologies, only therapeutic intervention.",
    "Does not cover antibodies that do not specifically bind to the tau protein as described.",
    "Does not cover methods of treatment that do not involve administering these specific antibodies."
  ],
  "filed": "2019-11-08",
  "granted": "2026-09-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": null,
  "holder_url": null,
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "biotech",
    "pharmaceutical",
    "neuroscience",
    "biomedical"
  ],
  "abstract": "The invention provides antibodies that specifically bind tau. The antibodies inhibit or delay tau-associated pathologies and associated symptomatic deterioration.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12735507/antibodies-recognizing-tau",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12735507/antibodies-recognizing-tau/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12735507",
  "relatedPatents": []
}