US Patent Issued to New York Blood Center, The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services on May 27 for "Biomarkers and immunogenic compositions for filarial parasites" (New York, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,016, issued on May 27, was assigned to New York Blood Center Inc. (New York) and The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Md.).

"Biomarkers and immunogenic compositions for filarial parasites" was invented by Sara Lustigman (New York), Thomas B. Nutman (Bethesda, Md.) and Sasisekhar Bennuru (Bethesda, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are immunogenic compositions for preventing or treating infection with filarial parasites and biomarkers for diagnosing infection with filarial parasites."

The patent was filed on Feb. 23, 2023, under Application...