US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services on June 23 for "Multivalent nanoparticle-based vaccines" (Georgia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,322, issued on June 23, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Md.).

"Multivalent nanoparticle-based vaccines" was invented by Barney S. Graham (Smyrna, Ga.), Masaru Kanekiyo (Chevy Chase, Md.) and Hadi M. Yassine (Boyds, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel, nanoparticle-based vaccines are provided that elicit an immune response to a broad range of infectious agents, such as influenza viruses. The nanoparticles comprise a heterogeneous population of fusion proteins, each comprising a monomeric subunit of a self-assembly protein, such as fe...