US Patent Issued to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania on May 12 for "AAV-EPO for treating companion animals" (Louisiana, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,076, issued on May 12, was assigned to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia).

"AAV-EPO for treating companion animals" was invented by Christian Hinderer (New Orleans), James M. Wilson (Philadelphia) and Matthew Wilson (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods are provided for treating companion animals are provided. An adeno-associated viral vector is provided which includes a nucleic acid molecule comprising a sequence encoding erythropoietin (EPO). In desired embodiments, the subject is a cat or dog."

The patent was filed on Sept. 10, 2021, under Application No. 17/472,037.

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