US Patent Issued to INSTITUT PASTEUR, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE on Oct. 21 for "Antigenic tripeptides derived from Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis S-type strains, derivatives and uses thereof" (French, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,412, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris), INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT (Paris) and THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE (Washington).

"Antigenic tripeptides derived from Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis S-type strains, derivatives and uses thereof" was invented by John P. Bannantine (Ames, Iowa), Gilles Etienne (Toulouse, France), Sylvie Bay (Paris) and Franck Biet (Notre Dame D'Oe, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to an isolated synthetic tripeptide of formula H-D-Ph...