https://patents.google.com/patent/US10130701B2/
"Coronavirus
Abstract
The present invention provides a live, attenuated coronavirus comprising a variant replicase gene encoding polyproteins comprising a mutation in one or more of non-structural protein(s) (nsp)-10, nsp-14, nsp-15 or nsp-16. The coronavirus may be used as a vaccine for treating and/or preventing a disease, such as infectious bronchitis, in a subject."
If it is patented, and the institute was funded by the Gates Foundation, can the those infected or with dead loved ones sue?