MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517044321 A) filed by Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings, Burlington, U.S.A., on May 7, for 'synthetic phage with recombinant tail-spike proteins and related methods.'

Inventor(s) include Erickson, Stephen; Gil, Jose S; Brown, Matthew J; and Paulson, John.

The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Described are compositions, methods, systems, and kits related to related to synthetic phages with a customized host range. Customized host range of the synthetic phage is imparted on the synthetic phage by one or more recombinant tail-s...