ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,961, issued on May 12, was assigned to The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pa.).

"Lipopolysaccharide molecules for enhancing immune responses" was invented by Timothy Meredith (University Park, Pa.), Gloria Komazin (University Park, Pa.) and Michael A. Maybin (State College, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for enhancing immune response in a subject. In an embodiment, this disclosure provides modified LPS molecules and compositions comprising the modified LPS molecules. The disclosure also provides methods for enhancing an immune response in a subject."

The p...