ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,358, issued on May 26, was assigned to NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY (Tainan City, Taiwan).

"Recombinant non-structural protein 1, recombinant influenza virus and immunological composition including the same, and method of treating or preventing disease or condition caused by or associated with influenza virus" was invented by Pin Ling (Tainan City, Taiwan), Kuan-Ru Chen (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Chun-Yang Lin (Tainan City, Taiwan), Meng-Cen Shih (Tainan City, Taiwan), Hung-Chuan Chang (Taichung City, Taiwan), Kuan-Jung Lin (Tainan City, Taiwan) and Sheng-Kai Ma (Tainan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present inventio...