US Patent Issued to ASTON SCI. on Sept. 30 for "Vaccine comprising epitope of heat shock protein, and use thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,189, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ASTON SCI. Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vaccine comprising epitope of heat shock protein, and use thereof" was invented by Kyong Hwa Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Jinho Kang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vaccine containing an epitope of a heat shock protein 90 and uses thereof are disclosed. The epitope(s) of heat shock protein 90 has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and/or 2. A multi-epitope vaccine containing the epitope(s) and a method for treating or preventing cancer using the same are disclosed."

The patent was filed on Aug. 10, 2022, under Application ...