ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,167, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Method for inducing cellular immunity to infection by SARS-CoV-2" was invented by Iman Almansour (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pDNA-based vaccine against SARS-COV-2 and methods for preventing or treating COVID-19 using it."

The patent was filed on Nov. 20, 2023, under Application No. 18/514,078.

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