ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,102, issued on July 7, was assigned to SinoCellTech Ltd. (Beijing).
"Method for improving immunogenicity of protein/peptide antigen" was invented by Liangzhi Xie (Beijing), Yanjing Zhang (Beijing) and Jiandong Zhang (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for improving the immunogenicity of a protein/peptide antigen, the method comprising conjugating a protein/peptide antigen with a sugar to form a sugar-protein/peptide antigen conjugate, which has improved immunogenicity compared to an unconjugated protein/peptide antigen. In particular, the method involves conjugating a pathogen, such as a viral surface protein...