ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,011, issued on June 24, was assigned to Ederagen AS (Oslo, Norway).
"Deconstructed soil" was invented by Jan Raa (Oslo, Norway), Pal Trosvik (Oslo, Norway) and Eric De Muinck (Nesoya, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention comprises a defined and safe soil substitute, herein referred to as "deconstructed soil", that supports ecological balance in anaerobic microbial ecosystems, such as that inside the human gut, by shifting energy availability to favor growth of bacteria linked with gut health, and away from the most dominant species and species that are putatively harmful. The invention enables vulnerable bacterial grou...