ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,110, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Randox Laboratories Ltd. (Antrim, Great Britain) and Randox Teoranta (Dungloe, Ireland).
"Bovine pathogen array" was invented by Peter Fitzgerald (Crumlin Antrim, Great Britain), Ivan McConnell (Crumlin Antrim, Great Britain), Ciaran Richardson (County Donegal, Ireland) and John Lamont (Crumlin Antrim, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The current invention provides a multiplex method for screening bovine samples for antibodies against several important pathogens. These pathogens include Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus (BVDV), Bovine Herpesvirus-1 (BoHV-1), Mycobacterium paratuberculo...