US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture on July 28 for "Avian influenza vaccines and methods of making same" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,170, issued on July 28, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture (Washington).

"Avian influenza vaccines and methods of making same" was invented by David L. Suarez (Athens, Ga.), Mary J. Pantin Jackwood (Watkinsville, Ga.) and Sungsu Youk (Athens, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to avian influenza vaccines produced through reverse genetics to protect from A/Turkey/Indiana/22-like virus, methods for producing such vaccines, and method for using such vaccines to protect poultry. The disclosure also relates to methods of producing influenza viruses comprising...