US Patent Issued to BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM on Nov. 18 for "Methods for inducing an immune response via buccal and/or sublingual administration of a vaccine" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,145, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas).

"Methods for inducing an immune response via buccal and/or sublingual administration of a vaccine" was invented by Maria A. Croyle (Austin, Texas), Jin Huk Choi (Austin, Texas) and Stephen Clay Schafer (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vaccine compositions that may be administered to a subject via the buccal and/or sublingual mucosa are provided. Methods for administration and preparation of such vaccine compositions are also provided."

The patent was filed on Oct. 12, 2023, under Application No. 18/485,625.

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