ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,418, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to HOYU Co. LTD. (Aichi, Japan).
"Egg allergy antigen" was invented by Kayoko Matsunaga (Aichi, Japan), Akiko Yagami (Aichi, Japan), Masashi Nakamura (Aichi, Japan), Yuji Aoki (Aichi, Japan) and Erika Kondo (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a novel antigen for an egg allergy, a method for diagnosing an egg allergy and a kit for diagnosing an egg allergy, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antigen, an egg, a processed product of an egg, or a bird which lays or has hatched from the egg in which the antigen is eliminated or reduced, a method for prod...