US Patent Issued to SK BIOSCIENCE on Oct. 14 for "Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular polysaccharides and immunogenic conjugate thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,548, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SK BIOSCIENCE Co. LTD. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular polysaccharides and immunogenic conjugate thereof" was invented by Hun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong Soo Ham (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jin-Hwan Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Kyung-Jun An (Seoul, South Korea) and Sung-Hyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an immunogenic composition comprising a Streptococcus pneumoniae polysaccharide-protein conjugate, comprising a capsular polysaccharide derived from one or more selected from the group consisting of sero...