US Patent Issued to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY on Nov. 11 for "Cancer immunotherapy using virus particles and immune checkpoint therapy" (California, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,624, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland).

"Cancer immunotherapy using virus particles and immune checkpoint therapy" was invented by Nicole F. Steinmetz (San Diego) and Chao Wang (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating cancer in a subject that includes administering in situ to the cancer of the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a plant virus or plant virus-like particle in combination with administration of an immune checkpoint therapy to the subject."

The patent was filed on July 7, 2021, under Application No. 17/369,405.

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