US Patent Issued to BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM ANIMAL HEALTH USA on Aug. 12 for "Recombinant HVT vectors expressing multiple antigens of avian pathogens and uses thereof" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,068, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM ANIMAL HEALTH USA INC. (Duluth, Ga.).

"Recombinant HVT vectors expressing multiple antigens of avian pathogens and uses thereof" was invented by Michel Bublot (Chaponost, France), Teshome Mebatsion (Watkinsville, Ga.), Joyce Pritchard (Gainesville, Ga.), Perry Linz (Jefferson, Ga.) and Aemro Kassa (Watkinsville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys (HVT) vectors that contain and express antigens of avian pathogens, compositions comprising the recombinant HVT vectors and polyvalent vaccines comprising the recomb...