ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,713, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA (Rixensart, Belgium).
"Fermentation process" was invented by Philippe Dehottay (Rixensart, Belgium), Romain Kocks (Rixensart, Belgium) and Quentin Zune (Rixensart, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to processes for Bordetella fermentation and virulence factor production, especially PT production, for large scale manufacturing. More particularly, processes including a medium conditioning step carried out prior to inoculation."
The patent was filed on Feb. 20, 2020, under Application No. 17/432,671.
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