US Patent Issued to University of Washington, THE USA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES on Oct. 7 for "Nanoparticle-based influenza virus vaccines and uses thereof" (Maryland, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,943, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to University of Washington (Seattle) and THE USA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Bethesda, Md.).

"Nanoparticle-based influenza virus vaccines and uses thereof" was invented by Masaru Kanekiyo (Bethesda, Md.), Barney S. Graham (Rockville, Md.), Seyhan Boyoglu-Barnum (Rockville, Md.), Rebecca A. Gillespie (Bethesda, Md.), Neil P. King (Seattle), Daniel Ellis (Seattle), Jing Yang Wang (Seattle), George Ueda (Seattle) and Jorge Fallas (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nanoparticles and vaccines containing these nanoparticles that elicit an immune respons...