US Patent Issued to IOGENETICS on July 29 for "Bioinformatic processes for determination of peptide binding" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,421, issued on July 29, was assigned to IOGENETICS LLC (Madison, Wis.).

"Bioinformatic processes for determination of peptide binding" was invented by Robert D. Bremel (Hillpoint, Wis.) and Jane Homan (Hillpoint, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to the identification of peptide binding to ligands, and in particular to identification of epitopes expressed by microorganisms and by mammalian cells. The present invention provides polypeptides comprising the epitopes, and vaccines, antibodies and diagnostic products that utilize or are developed using the epitopes."

The patent was filed on June 9, 2014, under Ap...