ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,253, issued on July 29, was assigned to American Gene Technologies International Inc. (Rockville, Md.).

"Pre-immunization and immunotherapy" was invented by Charles David Pauza (Rockville, Md.), Haishan Li (Rockville, Md.), Tyler Lahusen (Rockville, Md.) and Jeffrey A. Galvin (Rockville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates generally to immunization and immunotherapy for the treatment or prevention of HIV. In particular, the methods include in vivo and/or ex vivo enrichment of HIV-specific CD4+ T cells."

The patent was filed on July 28, 2023, under Application No. 18/227,796.

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