US Patent Issued to Kansas State University Research Foundation on June 17 for "Porcine circovirus type 3 immunogenic compositions and methods of making and using the same" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,080, issued on June 17, was assigned to Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kan.).

"Porcine circovirus type 3 immunogenic compositions and methods of making and using the same" was invented by Ben Hause (Slayton, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new species of circovirus, porcine circovirus type 3 (PCV3), was identified from sows with clinical symptoms normally associated with porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection and in aborted fetuses. Molecular and serological analyses suggest PCV3 commonly circulates in U.S. swine. The present disclosure provides immunological compositions and methods related to the...