US Patent Issued to Hill's Pet Nutrition on Aug. 25 for "Identifying defects in canine nucleotide salvage pathways and compositions and methods for improving immune function in dogs" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,099, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc. (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Identifying defects in canine nucleotide salvage pathways and compositions and methods for improving immune function in dogs" was invented by Jeffrey Brockman (Lawrence, Kan.) and Matthew Jackson (Topeka, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of identifying a dog as having deficient nucleic base salvage and methods of identifying a dog as being at an elevated risk and increased likelihood of developing immune dysfunction are disclosed. Methods of treating a dog to prevent, delay onset of or reduce severity of symptoms of immune dysfunction...