ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,652, issued on May 19, was assigned to VETICA LABS INC. (San Diego).

"Methods of detecting markers for inflammatory conditions and food sensitivity in companion animals" was invented by Juan Estruch (San Diego) and Genevieve Hansen (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides methods and systems to accurately detect and measure levels of endogenous antibodies, for examples endogenous IgA, to particular antigens in a biological sample from a companion animal, which is useful to diagnose inflammatory conditions, including bowel disease (IBD), gastrointestinal infections, and food sensitivities in companion an...