ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,403, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ESTEVE PHARMACEUTICALS S.A. (Barcelona, Spain) and UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA (Cerdanyola del Valles, Spain).

"Methods for the manufacture of recombinant viral vectors" was invented by Francesc Godia-Casablancas (Sabadell, Spain), Maria-Fatima Bosch-Tubert (Cerdanyola del Valles, Spain), Miguel Garcia-Martinez (Terrassa, Spain), Laura Cervera-Gracia (Barcelona, Spain), Xavier Leon-Madrenas (Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain), Maria Molas-Laplana (Barcelona, Spain) and Sonia Gutierrez-Granados (Sabadell, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to methods for the prod...