US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Nov. 18 for "Zika virus constructs and therapeutic compositions thereof" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,570, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Zika virus constructs and therapeutic compositions thereof" was invented by Vaithilingaraja Arumugaswami (Los Angeles), Gustavo Garcia Jr. (Gardena, Calif.), David A. Nathanson (Los Angeles) and Ren Sun (Pokfulam, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are Zika virus constructs and methods of using Zika virus constructs and Zika viruses to treat subjects in need thereof."

The patent was filed on May 20, 2020, under Application No. 17/609,496.

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