US Patent Issued to Lumen Bioscience on Oct. 21 for "Arthrospira platensis oral vaccine delivery platform" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,202, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Lumen Bioscience Inc. (Seattle).

"Arthrospira platensis oral vaccine delivery platform" was invented by James Roberts (Seattle), Michael A. Tasch (Seattle) and Tracy Saveria (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides oral antigenic compositions comprising a recombinant Spirulina comprising at least one exogenous antigenic epitope. Oral antigenic compositions of the present disclosure can be used as vaccines. Oral antigenic compositions of the present disclosure can be used to induce a protective immune response to infectious microorganism, tumor antigens, or self-an...