ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,379, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Serum Institute of India Private Ltd. (Pune Maharashtra, India).

"Method for obtaining purified bacterial polysaccharides" was invented by Rajeev Mhalasakant Dhere (Maharashtra, India), Swapan Kumar Jana (Maharashtra, India) and Walmik Karbhari Gaikwad (Maharashtra, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for obtaining purified bacterial polysaccharides. The method comprises simultaneous removal of impurities as well as sizing of bacterial polysaccharides using an acid instead of conventional mechanical sizing methods. The method is simple, rapid and cost...