US Patent Issued to Pfizer on July 15 for "E. coli FimH mutants and uses thereof" (Connecticut, New York, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,681, issued on July 15, was assigned to Pfizer Inc. (New York).

"E. coli FimH mutants and uses thereof" was invented by Ye Che (Niantic, Conn.), Laurent Oliver Chorro (New York), Robert George Konrad Donald (South Orange, N.J.), Matthew Curtis Griffor (North Stonington, Conn.) and Natalie Clare Silmon de Monerri (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to the design of E. coli mutated FimH polypeptides that result in improved biochemical properties and immunogenicity, compositions comprising such polypeptides, and uses thereof."

The patent was filed on Dec. 17, 2021, under Application No. 17/554,424.

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