ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,956, issued on May 12, was assigned to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; (Rochester) and University of Washington (Seattle).

"Methods and vaccines for inducing immune responses to multiple different MHC molecules" was invented by Dustin B. McCurry (Phoenix), Peter A. Cohen (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Latha B. Pathangey (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Sandra J. Gendler (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Mary L Disis (Renton, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document provides methods and materials relating to isolated polypeptides, polypeptide preparations, vaccine preparations (e.g., anti-cancer vaccine preparations), and methods for vac...