US Patent Issued to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University on Nov. 3 for "Immunization method against infection by SARS-CoV-2" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,031, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Immunization method against infection by SARS-CoV-2" was invented by Iman Almansour (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pDNA-based vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 and methods for preventing or treating COVID-19 using it."

The patent was filed on Nov. 21, 2025, under Application No. 19/397,109.

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