ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,435, issued on March 18, was assigned to Beijing Minhai Biotechnology Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Engineered Hansenula fungi efficiently expressing CA10 virus-like particles and uses thereof" was invented by Guoshun Li (Beijing), Meirong Gu (Beijing), Lin Guo (Beijing), Wei Jian (Beijing), Junjie Liu (Beijing), Haifeng Xiao (Beijing), Gaimei Zhang (Beijing), Lili Zhao (Beijing), Xuechao Xie (Beijing), Lei Chen (Beijing), Yingzhi Xu (Beijing) and Jiankai Liu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an engineered Hansenula fungus that efficiently expresses CA10 (Coxsackievirus A10) virus-like particles and uses...