US Patent Issued to Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics on Dec. 2 for "Vaccines for the treatment and prevention of zoonotic infections" (Texas, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,166, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics LLC (Bethesda, Md.).

"Vaccines for the treatment and prevention of zoonotic infections" was invented by Luke T. Daum (San Antonio) and Gerald W. Fischer (Bethesda, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to compositions comprising a nucleic acid that encodes a peptide or a peptide that induces an immune response in an animal or a mammal that is protective against infection by one or more pathogens. In addition, the invention relates to vaccines comprising compositions and to method for treating and preventing an infection in animals and mammals s...