US Patent Issued to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center on Oct. 27 for "Self-assembling circular tandem repeat proteins with increased stability" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,306, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Seattle).

"Self-assembling circular tandem repeat proteins with increased stability" was invented by Barry L. Stoddard (Seattle), Philip Bradley (Seattle) and Colin E. Correnti (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Circular handed alpha-helical repeat proteins are described. The repeat proteins have a number of uses as scaffolds for geometrically precise, arrayed presentation of cell-signaling or immune-related protein and peptide epitopes, as well as numerous other therapeutic, diagnostic, and nanotechnological uses."

The patent was filed on July 2, 2020, unde...