US Patent Issued to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE on Jan. 13 for "Method for reducing parasite burden in a mosquito" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,840, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE.

"Method for reducing parasite burden in a mosquito" was invented by Flaminia Catteruccia (Cambridge, Mass.) and Douglas Graeme Paton (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods and compositions for reducing transmission of Plasmodium to a female mosquito. Aspects of the invention relate to contacting to a mosquito with a Plasmodium transmission blocking compound. Another aspect of the invention relates to a surface coated with a Plasmodium transmission blocking compound."

The patent was filed on Sept. 3, 2019, under Ap...