ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,075, issued on May 12, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo).
"Immune inducer" was invented by Akira Kurihara (Kamakura, Japan) and Fumiyoshi Okano (Kamakura, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a novel peptide useful as an active ingredient in an agent for treating or preventing cancer, and to provide the use of the polypeptide as an immune inducer. The polypeptide binds to a MHC class I or class II molecule. The immune inducer contains as an active ingredient at least one polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by one of SEQ ID NOs: 5-7, 9, 10, 12-15 and 17-34 or at least one polypeptide co...