Bill Gates got this patent in 2019. But trust me, he has nothing to do with COVID-19. Just kidding. On the 20th of November of 2018, a patent was assigned to THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE, Pirbright, Woking, Great Briain (GB), which was funded by DARPA, Wellcome Trust, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, EU. U.S. Patent Office.