ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,687, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to ARMATA PHARMACEUTICALS INC..

"Therapeutic bacteriophage compositions" was invented by Karen Joy Shaw (Glen Allen, Va.), Sandra P. Morales (Sydney), Gillian Mearns (Sydney), Deborah A. Rankin (Sydney) and Frenk Smrekar (Ljubjlana, Slovenia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a bacteriophage composition comprising one or more (suitably two or more, or three) bacteriophages selected from Sa87, J-Sa36, or Sa83, or mutants thereof. Also encompassed are the use of said bacteriophage compositions for medical or non-medical applications, as well as kits, bandages, and wound ...