AB Science receives notice of allowance for US patent covering masitinib in the treatment of metastatic CRPC
AB Science SA (Euronext – FR0010557264 – AB) announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Notice of Allowance (NOA) for a patent relating to methods of treating metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) with its lead compound masitinib (US 18/040884). Delivery of masitinib patent in mCRPC Once granted, this new US secondary medical use patent will provide intellectual property (IP) protection for masitinib in mCRPC until May 2042. A NOA signifies that the USPTO intends to grant the patent application after completing certain formal procedural steps. The US NOA is issued after an examiner confirms that the patent application meets all patentability requirements.
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