ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,787, issued on June 17, was assigned to Concerto Biosciences Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Microbial compositions for the treatment of skin diseases" was invented by Jared Kehe (Cambridge, Mass.), Bernardo Cervantes (Cambridge, Mass.), Cheri Ackerman (Somerville, Mass.), Abdulrahman Hassaballah (Boston) and Keaton Armentrout (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compositions, methods, kits, and devices for the treatment of skin diseases. Also provided herein are isolated and purified bacteria, excipients, carriers, dosage forms and routes of administration for such bacteria. Furthermore, provided herein are isolated...