ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,411, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Sejong Campus (Sejong, South Korea).

"Antigen composition for preventing or treating viral infectious diseases" was invented by Kyung Hyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Mi Sook Chung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an antigen composition for preventing or treating viral infectious diseases, comprising, as an active ingredient, a multiple variant protein of a recombinant hemagglutinin monomeric protein in an influenza virus. In addition, the present invention relates to an antigen composition fo...