ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,143, issued on July 7, was assigned to Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH (Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany).

"VSV rescue" was invented by Tobias Nolden (Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for rescue of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) from DNA in a HEK293 cell line or a HEK293 cell line adapted to suspension growth comprising (a) providing cells from a HEK293 cell line or a HEK293 cell line adapted to suspension growth in cell culture, (b) transfecting the cells with at least one plasmid, wherein the at least one plasmid comprises (i) an expression cassette comprising ...