THEME: #CTCCTCGGCGGGCACGTAG Moderna's 19 nucleotide sequence in patent It is known that the COVID19 includes the nucleotide sequence of "CTCCTCGGCGGGCACGTAG" in its furin cleavage site, and that Moderna has the reverse complementary sequence thereof in the Sequence Listing attached to their patent specification. The reverse complementary sequence is "CTACGTGCCCGCCGAGGAG." It is said that the probability that the "CTCCTCGGCGGGCACGTAG" naturally appears in the COVID19 may be "3e-11." https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virology/articles/10.3389/fviro.2022.834808/full The following five patent publications ① to ⑤ each includes the above reverse complementary sequence in its Sequence Listing, but no patent rights have been granted to the reverse complementary sequence itself. ①US9149506B2 ②US9216205B2 ③US9255129B2 ④US9301993B2 ⑤US9587003B2 Therefore, we must carefully explain the reverse complementary sequence so as not to mislead the public. Regarding those patent publications ① to ⑤, by referring to the "We claim" section (scope of Claims) attached to the end of each specification, we can understand where the patent rights exist. As we can see in each "We claim" section of the patent publications ① to ⑤, there is no description of "CTACGTGCCCGCCGAGGAG." From this fact, we can understand that the patent rights have NOT been granted to it. If you have different patent information regarding this, please let me know. -1-
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