US Patent Issued to DSM IP ASSETS on Oct. 6 for "Prevention of viral transmission through feed" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,931, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (Maastricht, Netherlands).

"Prevention of viral transmission through feed" was invented by Ole-Lund Svendsen (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland) and Jon Bergstrom (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method of determining the need of adding a mitigant to feed for inactivating viruses that might be present in said feed. The preferred mitigant is a mixture comprising benzoic acid flakes and a powder that comprises eugenol and thymol. Said mixture inactivates viruses quickly, even when added in low concentration on...