US Patent Issued to Spogen Biotech on Nov. 3 for "Methods for protecting animals from pathogens using exosporium fragments" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,133, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Spogen Biotech Inc. (St. Louis).

"Methods for protecting animals from pathogens using exosporium fragments" was invented by Brian M. Thompson (Creve Coeur, Mo.) and Ashley Siegel (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fusion proteins, recombinant Bacillus cereus family members that express fusion proteins, and exosporium fragments derived from spores of the recombinant Bacillus cereus family members are provided. Compositions comprising the spores or exosporium fragments are also provided. Methods involving the use of spores of recombinant Bacillus cereus family members and exosporium fragment...