US Patent Issued to The Penn State Research Foundation on April 14 for "Paramyxovirus virus-like particles as protein delivery vehicles" (Pennsylvania, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,956, issued on April 14, was assigned to The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pa.).

"Paramyxovirus virus-like particles as protein delivery vehicles" was invented by Anthony Paul Schmitt (State College, Pa.), Phuong Tieu Schmitt (State College, Pa.) and Greeshma Vivekananda Ray (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are compositions and methods for introducing proteins into cells. The compositions and methods relate to introducing a foreign protein as an engineered component of a paramyxovirus virus like particle (VLP). The compositions and methods pertain to modified VLPs that contain a contiguous recomb...