Patent 7741297 was granted and assigned to Oncothyreon on June, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Covalently lipidated oligonucleotides comprising the CpG dinucleotide unit, or an analogue thereof, may be used as immunostimulatory agents to protect against a disease caused by a cancer cell or a pathogen, either alone or in conjunction with immunogens and/or non-immunological agents.