Regensburg, February 20, 2008 - The GENEART AG announces the award of the patents US 7,332,588 and US 7,323,557 titled "Genome of the HIV-1 inter-subtype (C/B') and use thereof" by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The above-mentioned patents protect the use of specific custom-designed HIV gene sequences for the development as therapeutics or vaccines.