US Patent Issued to Regents of the University of Minnesota on Dec. 2 for "Surrogate virus assays and methods" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,526, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis).

"Surrogate virus assays and methods" was invented by Declan Cosmo Schroeder (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for monitoring the presence or absence of a megavirus in animal feed, an animal feed ingredient, or an animal product uses a surrogate virus assay. The surrogate virus assay generally includes, inoculating the animal feed, animal feed ingredient, or animal product with a surrogate virus as a proxy for the megavirus, subjecting the animal feed, animal feed ingredient, or animal product to a treatment that inactivates ...