US Patent Issued to Zoetis Services on March 25 for "Methods and composition for induction of immune response" (Michigan, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,303, issued on March 25, was assigned to Zoetis Services LLC (Parsippany, N.J.).

"Methods and composition for induction of immune response" was invented by Paul Joseph Dominowski (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Duncan Mwangi (Portage, Mich.), Joseph M. Bricker (Parsippany, N.J.), Dennis L. Foss (Mattawan, Mich.), Sharath K. Rai (Portage, Mich.) and Suman Mahan (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a substantially antigen-free composition for induction of innate immune response in a bird or a mammal, the composition comprising a saponin, a sterol, a quaternary amine, and a polyacrylic polymer to the mammal or bi...