ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,451, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Cure Vac SE (Tubingen, Germany).

"RNA encoding an antibody" was invented by Mariola Fotin-Mleczek (Sindelfingen, Germany) and Ingmar Hoerr (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a RNA encoding an antibody or a fragment or variant thereof and a composition, in particular a passive vaccine, comprising such an RNA. The present invention further relates to the use of such an RNA or of such a composition for treatment of tumours and cancer diseases, cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, virus diseases and monogenetic disease...