ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,459, issued on May 13, was assigned to Intervet Inc. (Rahway, N.J.).
"Porcine rotavirus" was invented by Ad De Groof (Groesbeek, Netherlands), Paul Vermeij (St. Anthonis, Netherlands), Cornelia Maria Van der Hoek (Amsterdam) and Martin Deijs (Huizen, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to a novel rotavirus, especially an isolated virus, which is a member of the sub-species of porcine group B rotavirus (porcine RVB), causing diarrheal disease in pigs, to DNA fragments and corresponding proteins of the said virus, to vaccines on the basis of said virus, DNA and/or protein and to antibodies reactive...