ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,177, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (La Jolla, Calif.).
"SIV envelope trimer" was invented by Raiees Andrabi (La Jolla, Calif.) and Dennis Burton (La Jolla, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to epitope-targeted SIV and HIV vaccines. The invention provides novel envelope glycoproteins which may be utilized as HIV-1 vaccine immunogens, antigens for crystallization, and for identification of broadly neutralizing antibodies. The invention encompasses preparation and purification of immunogenic compositions which are formulated into vaccines of the present invention."...