ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,546, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Ariz.), ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI (New York) and Baylor College of Medicine (Houston).

"Materials and methods relating to immunogenic epitopes from human papilloma virus" was invented by Sri Krishna (North Bethesda, Md.), Marshall Posner (Mount Vernon, N.Y.), Andrew Sikora (Houston) and Karen Anderson (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain generally to head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) related to human papillomavirus subtype 16 (HPV16) ...