ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,535, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SLOAN KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH.

"Triterpene saponins, methods of synthesis and uses thereof" was invented by David Gin (New York), Michelle Adams (Waterville, Ohio), Kai Deng (Guilderland, N.Y.), Philip Livingston (New York), Govindaswami Ragupathi (New York), Eric Chea (Flushing, N.Y.), Alberto Fernandez-Tejada (New York), Lars Ulrik Nordstroem (New York), William Walkowicz (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Jeffrey Gardner (New York) and Derek Tan (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to triterpene glycoside saponin-derived adjuvants, syntheses thereof, intermed...