ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,329, issued on April 7, was assigned to University of Denver (Denver).
"Virus-like particles" was invented by Schuyler B. van Engelenburg (Denver).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Virus-like particles, compositions and antibody detection tests with virus-like particles, and a method of producing virus-like particles are disclosed. The method includes generating a modified viral genome based on a viral genome, wherein a portion of the viral genome is removed to generate the modified viral genome configured to yield virus-like particles that are unable to replicate, and producing one or more virus-like particles using the modified viral g...