ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,836, issued on June 10, was assigned to TRANSTARGET INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Methods and compositions for vaccinating and boosting cancer patients" was invented by Lawrence G. Lum (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Manley Huang (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides methods for inducing and expanding anti-tumor immunity leading to enhanced clinical and immunotherapeutic responses. The invention also provides novel compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer."

The patent was filed on Dec. 7, 2017, under Application No. 16/467,003.

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