ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,570, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to DSM IP Assets B.V. (Heerlen, Netherlands).

"Methods of selectively modulating gastrointestinal microbial growth" was invented by Stephane Duval (Carspach, France), John Michael Geremia (Watertown, Mass.), Lisa Ann Laprade (Dedham, Mass.), April Waguespack-Levy (Ankeny, Iowa), Estefania Perez Calvo (Rosenau, France), Ghislain Schyns (Waltham, Mass.), Viviane Verlhac (Dietwiller, France) and Joshua Thomas Claypool (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of feeding animals are disclosed wherein providing feed additives are provided that modulate the gut microbiome to improve the h...