ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,050, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc. (Ames, Iowa).
"Universal mammalian influenza vaccine" was invented by David Verhoeven (Ames, Iowa), Jessie Dorothy Trujillo (Manhattan, Kan.) and Brett Sponseller (Ames, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides vaccine or immunogenic compositions comprising novel antigens derived from the equine strain of influenza H3N8. These proteins and specific immunogenic domains are effective as primary universal influenza antigens. The disclosed vaccines or immunogenic compositions are highly effective in inducing HA specific antibo...