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Granted Patent B2
US 11,696,944 · App. 17/290,828 · Granted Jul 11, 2023

Vaccine for protection against

Inventor: Antonius Arnoldus Christiaan Jacobs (Kessel, NL)
Assignee: Intervet Inc.
A61K39/092A61P31/04A61K2039/552
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Patent No.
US 11,696,944
App. No.
17/290,828
Granted
Jul 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention pertains to a vaccine comprising an IgM protease antigen of Streptococcus suis , for use in a method for protecting pigs against an infection with Streptococcus suis of serotype 2 and against an infection with Streptococcus suis of serotype 14.

Claims (5)

1. A method for protecting a pig against both a pathogenic infection with Streptococcus suis of serotype 2 and a pathogenic infection with Streptococcus suis of serotype 14, comprising administering a vaccine comprising an IgM protease antigen of Streptococcus suis to the pig; wherein the pig has maternally derived anti- Streptococcus suis antibodies.

2. The method for protecting the pig of claim 1 , comprising administering the antigen only once to the pig.

3. The method for protecting the pig of claim 1 , comprising administering the antigen to the pig at an age of at most 28 days.

4. The method for protecting the pig of claim 1 , comprising administering the antigen before an age at which the pig is weaned.

5. The method for protecting the pig of claim 1 , wherein the method confers protection against mortality associated with a pathogenic infection with Streptococcus suis of serotype 2 and serotype 14.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Sep 26, 2023
From: INTERVET INC.
To: INTERVET INC.
Reel/Frame 065028/0818 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 056113 FRAME: 0049. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGMENT . Recorded May 6, 2021
From: JACOBS, ANTONIUS ARNOLDUS CHRISTIAAN
To: INTERVET INC.
Reel/Frame 056154/0476 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2021
From: JACOBS, ANTONIUS ARNOLDUS CHRISTIAAN
To: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
Reel/Frame 056113/0049 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 18205251 · Nov 8, 2018 · regional
Continuity (1)
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