US Patent Issued to The Penn State Research Foundation on April 1 for "Paramyxovirus virus-like particles as protein delivery vehicles" (Pennsylvania, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,338, issued on April 1, was assigned to The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pa.).

"Paramyxovirus virus-like particles as protein delivery vehicles" was invented by Anthony Paul Schmitt (State College, Pa.), Phuong Tieu Schmitt (State College, Pa.) and Greeshma Vivekananda Ray (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are modified virus-like particles (VLPs) of paramyxoviruses, compositions containing them, methods of using the VLPs for delivery of any particular protein of interest to any of a variety of cells, kits that contain expression vectors for making, using and detecting VLPs, and methods for screeni...