ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,541, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Immatics US Inc. (Stafford, Texas).

"Methods for expanding and activating GammaSigma T cells for the treatment of cancer and related malignancies" was invented by Monique Dao (Houston), Steffen Walter (Houston), Melinda Mata (Missouri City, Texas), Aleksandra Norwicka (Nowicka, Texas), Yannick Bulliard (Houston), Sarah Missell (Tuebingen, Germany), Sabrina Kuttruff-Coqui (Filderstadt-Sielmingen, Germany) and Norbert Hilf (Kirchentellinsfurt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to expansion and activation of T cells. In an aspect, the present disclosure relates ...