US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services on April 8 for "Stabilized influenza hemagglutinin stem region trimers and uses thereof" (American, Qatari Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,737, issued on April 8, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Md.) and Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Md.).

"Stabilized influenza hemagglutinin stem region trimers and uses thereof" was invented by John R. Mascola (Rockville, Md.), Jeffrey C. Boyington (Clarksburg, Md.), Hadi M. Yassine (Doha, Qatar), Peter D. Kwong (Washington), Barney S. Graham (Smyrna, Ga.) and Masaru Kanekiyo (North Bethesda, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vaccines that elicit broadly protective anti-influenza antibodies. Some vaccines co...