US Patent Issued to DEUTSCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM STIFTUNG DES OFFENTLICHEN RECHTS on March 18 for "Crystal structure of a replication protein encoded by a plasmid isolated from a multiple sclerosis patient" (German, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,519, issued on March 18, was assigned to DEUTSCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM STIFTUNG DES OFFENTLICHEN RECHTS (Heidelberg, Germany).

"Crystal structure of a replication protein encoded by a plasmid isolated from a multiple sclerosis patient" was invented by Timo Bund (Dossenheim, Germany), Grant S. Hansman (Heidelberg, Germany), Turgay Kilic (Heidelberg, Germany), Alexander N. Popov (Grenoble, France), Ethel-Michele De Villiers-Zur Hausen (Waldmichelbach, Germany) and Harald Zur Hausen (Waldmichelbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to crystal forms of a replication protein encoded by a plasmid iso...