ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,549, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to CureVac SE (Tubingen, Germany).

"RNA encoding a therapeutic protein" was invented by Mariola Fotin-Mleczek (Sindelfingen, Germany) and Ingmar Hoerr (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an RNA encoding a therapeutic protein. In particular, the present invention relates to RNA suitable for use as a medicament. The present invention concerns such novel RNA as well as compositions and kits comprising the RNA. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the RNA, compositions or kits as disclosed herein for use as a medicament. The present invention al...