MUMBAI, India, May 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517035488 A) filed by Pci Biotech AS, Oslo, Norway, on April 11, for 'method for releasing viral vectors.'

Inventor(s) include Luhr Morten; Hogset Anders; and Nord Karin.

The application for the patent was published on May 9, under issue no. 19/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides a method of releasing viral vectors from cells producing those viral vectors by contacting the cells with a photosensitising agent which is then irradiated to disrupt the plasma membrane of the cells to release the viral vectors which may be collected and/or purified. The product of such methods as we...