ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,879, issued on June 16, was assigned to GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA (Rixensart, Belgium).
"Outer membrane vesicles" was invented by Isabel Delany (Siena, Italy), Giulia Giordano (Siena, Italy), Rosanna Leuzzi (Siena, Italy) and Immaculada Margarit Y Ros (Siena, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the field of neisserial vaccine compositions (particularly gonococcal vaccine compositions) and the use of such compositions in medicine. More particularly, the present invention relates to genetically modified gonococci of strain FA1090 and outer membrane vesicles obtained therefrom. The invention also p...