ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,723, issued on April 15, was assigned to Baylor College of Medicine (Houston) and United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington).

"Bacteriophage compositions and methods for treatment of bacterial infections" was invented by Anthony Maresso (Houston), Robert Ramig (Houston), Sabrina Green (Houston), Austen Terwilliger (Houston), Keiko Salazar (Houston), Justin R. Clark (Houston) and Barbara Trautner (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are compositions, devices, kits, and methods for treatment of Enterobacteriaceae infection. Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to bac...