ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,686, issued on July 15, was assigned to BIOAPPLICATIONS INC. (Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea).

"Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus vaccine composition and preparation method thereof" was invented by Eun-Ju Sohn (Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea) and Yong Jik Lee (Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to: a porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus protein comprising an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:5; a vaccine composition comprising same; and the like."

The patent was filed on April 13, 2020, under Application No. 17/435,145.

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