US Patent Issued to SAB on Dec. 16 for "Systems and methods for the production of human polyclonal antibodies" (Maryland, South Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,443, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAB LLC (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

"Systems and methods for the production of human polyclonal antibodies" was invented by Jay Hooper (New Market, Md.), Eddie Sullivan (Sioux Falls, S.D.) and Hua Wu (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a method for producing human antibodies against a pathogen comprising injecting a non-human animal with a pathogen-derived DNA vaccine in at least two locations of the animal; injecting the animal with an adjuvant in a location of the animal different from the location of the DNA vaccine location; collecting plasma from the animal after...