US Patent Issued to Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics on June 17 for "Immunogenic compositions to treat and prevent microbial infections" (Maryland, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,083, issued on June 17, was assigned to Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics LLC (Bethesda, Md.).

"Immunogenic compositions to treat and prevent microbial infections" was invented by Clara J. Sei (Germantown, Md.), Luke T. Daum (San Antonio) and Gerald W. Fischer (Bethesda, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to composite antigens comprising a peptide with contiguous amino acid sequence derived from a plurality of antigenic epitopes of one or more pathogens that induces an immune response in a mammal that is protective against infection by the one or more pathogens. In addition. The invention also relates to antibod...