US Patent Issued to CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE PARIS SACLAY on Oct. 7 for "Mutant VSV ectodomain polypeptide and uses thereof" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,111, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (Paris) and UNIVERSITE PARIS SACLAY (Gif sur Yvette, France).

"Mutant VSV ectodomain polypeptide and uses thereof" was invented by Aurelie Albertini (Gometz le Chatel, France), Helene Raux (Antony, France), Yves Gaudin (Paris) and Franck Perez (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a mutant polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of the ectodomain of glycoprotein G of a vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) strain, wherein said ectodomain comprises the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2 or a sequen...