ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,432, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION Ltd. (Oxford, Great Britain).
"Modified factor H binding protein" was invented by Christoph M. Tang (Oxford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a modified factor H binding protein (fHbp), comprising fHbp, or a variant thereof, modified with the addition of at least one exogenous peptide loop; and associated nucleic acid, compositions, and uses. The invention further relates to treatment or prevention of a pathogenic infection or colonisation of a subject using the modified factor H binding protein (fHbp)."
The patent was filed on ...