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Article: OHIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RECEIVES FIRST-EVER U.S. PATENT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 4, 2008
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The Ohio Department of Agriculture issued the following news release:
The Ohio Department of Agriculture recently received its first-ever U.S. patent for discovering a method to identify a potentially fatal strain of Equine Herpes Virus. The patent acknowledges the department's pioneering work in identifying the strain and gives way to future research on developing vaccines.
"This discovery is a great accomplishment for our department and our diagnostic lab," said Ohio Agriculture Director Robert Boggs. "We have top-of-the-line scientists working in our labs, and this patent proves the high-caliber work they perform every day for Ohio's citizens."
Scientists from the department's Animal ...