ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,783, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Bactolife APS (Gentofte, Denmark).

"Pathogen binding proteins" was invented by Andreas Hougaard Laustsen (Copenhagen N, Denmark), Sandra Wingaard Thrane (Herlev, Denmark) and Mads Aage Laustsen (Gentofte, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to proteins, compositions and their use, wherein said protein comprises a first peptide having a first binding specificity, a second peptide having a second binding specificity and a linker, wherein said first and said second peptides bind at least one pathogen surface component and/or at least one molecule produced by a path...