ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,220, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Conjugate polypeptides and vaccines for inducing immune responses" was invented by Dennis J. Hartigan-O'Connor (Davis, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions are disclosed for inducing immune responses against one or more antigens in a mammal."

The patent was filed on Nov. 15, 2022, under Application No. 18/055,808.

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