ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,204, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to VIVALDI BIOSCIENCES INC. (Fort Collins, Colo.).
"Prime-boost influenza vaccine" was invented by Thomas Muster (Vienna).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates generally to the field of influenza vaccination, specifically to a two-component vaccine comprising influenza virus strains with native hemagglutinin (HA) and lacking the functional NS gene (delNSI influenza), for use in the vaccination of a subject, wherein a priming composition, comprising one, two or three delNSI influenza virus strains selected from group 1 influenza A virus, group 2 influenza A virus, or group 3, consisti...