ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,398, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Yale University (New Haven, Conn.).

"Compositions and methods comprising viral vector systems for multiplexed activation of endogenous genes as immunotherapy and viral-based immune-gene therapy" was invented by Sidi Chen (Milford, Conn.), Guangchuan Wang (West Haven, Conn.), Ryan D. Chow (San Jose, Calif.) and Feifei Zhang (New Haven, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes compositions and methods comprising viral vector systems for multiplexed activation of endogenous genes as immunotherapy and viral-based immune-gene therapy."

The patent was filed on Oct. 23, 2020,...