US Patent Issued to Emory University on March 3 for "Coronavirus assays, diagnostic methods, treatment methods, and compositions related thereto" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,179, issued on March 3, was assigned to Emory University (Atlanta).

"Coronavirus assays, diagnostic methods, treatment methods, and compositions related thereto" was invented by Rafi Ahmed (Decatur, Ga.), Mehul Suthar (Atlanta), Jens Wrammert (Atlanta), John Roback (Atlanta) and Robert Kauffman (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to coronavirus assays, diagnostic methods, treatment methods, and compositions related thereto. In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to ACE2 receptor binding domain peptides and uses in serological assays and vaccination methods."

The patent was filed on May 3, 2021, u...