US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford on Aug. 12 for "Expression vector delivery system and use thereof for inducing an immune response" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,618, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Md.) and The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford (Oxford, Great Britain).

"Expression vector delivery system and use thereof for inducing an immune response" was invented by Robert Seder (Chevy Chase, Md.), Geoffrey Lynn (Baltimore) and Leonard Seymour (Oxford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a novel system for delivering an expression vector encoding an antigen to a subject that allows for spatiotemporal control over stimulation ...