ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,635, issued on May 19, was assigned to ID-Fish Technology Inc. (Milipitas, Calif.).

"Species-specific antigen sequences for tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) and methods of use" was invented by Jyotsna S. Shah (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Song Liu (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure, in some aspects, provides antigen-specific amino acid sequences for tick-borne relapsing fever Borrelia species."

The patent was filed on Jan. 15, 2021, under Application No. 17/248,236.

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