ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,242, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to CEVA SANTE ANIMALE S.A. (Libourne, France).
"Recombinant viruses and the uses thereof" was invented by Kenta Sasaki (Yokohama, Japan) and Jina Lee (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates recombinant viruses and the uses thereof. More particularly, the invention relates to novel recombinant Marek's disease viruses encoding polypeptide(s) of interest, and their use to express or deliver such polypeptides to animals, particularly poultry. The invention is particularly suited to vaccinate poultry against avian pathogens."
The patent was filed on Dec. 26, 2019, u...