ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,172, issued on July 28, was assigned to DIOSynVax Ltd (Hertford, Great Britain) and Cambridge Enterprise Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Coronavirus vaccines" was invented by Jonathan Luke Heeney (Cambridge, Great Britain), Sneha Vishwanath (Cambridge, Great Britain), George William Carnell (Cambridge, Great Britain), David Wells (Hertford, Great Britain) and Matteo Ferrari (Hertford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Designed coronavirus polypeptide sequences are described, and their use as vaccines against viruses of the coronavirus family. The designed sequences include designed coronavirus spike(S) proteins and fragm...