US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture on March 25 for "Recombinant vaccine against Marek's disease and Newcastle disease" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,372, issued on March 25, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture (Washington).

"Recombinant vaccine against Marek's disease and Newcastle disease" was invented by Qingzhong Yu (Athens, Ga.), Stephen J. Spatz (Bogart, Ga.) and John R. Dunn (East Lansing, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are immunogenic compositions containing recombinant viruses capable of inducing protection in poultry against both Marek's disease virus (MDV) and Newcastle disease virus (NDV). Such viruses incorporate nucleic acids for expressing at least one MDV antigen, such as glycoprotein B, ...