ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,545, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to PULIKE BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING INC (Luoyang, China).

"African swine fever virus chimeric protein, vaccine composition, preparation method and use thereof" was invented by Kegong Tian (Henan, China), Wenqiang Pang (Henan, China) and Xuke Zhang (Henan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an African swine fever virus chimeric protein. The chimeric protein comprises: (1) an African swine fever virus p72 domain I; (2) an African swine fever virus p72 domain II; (3) an African swine fever virus p72 domain III; and (4) an African swine fever virus antigenic protein. By using African swine ...