ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,444, issued on June 3, was assigned to Cure Vac SE (Tubingen, Germany).
"Rotavirus vaccines" was invented by Susanne Rauch (Tubingen, Germany) and Benjamin Petsch (Tubingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides mRNA sequences comprising at least one coding region, encoding for at least one epitope of a protein, or of a fragment, variant or derivative thereof, of a virus of the genus rotavirus. Particularly preferred is the protein respectively the protein cleavage product VP8* of rotavirus. The mRNA sequence may be used as a vaccine or generally as a pharmaceutical composition for prophylaxis or treatm...