ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,301, issued on July 8, was assigned to GI BIOME INC. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Composition comprising three Lactobacillus sp. strains, and use thereof" was invented by Bo Gie Yang (Seoul, South Korea), Myung Ho Jang (Seoul, South Korea) and Han Sung Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a mixture of three species of Lactobacillus fermentum strain and Lactobacillus plantarum strain and use thereof. A composition according to one aspect including, as an active ingredient, a mixture of Lactobacillus fermentum strains GB102 and GB103 and Lactobacillus plantarum strain GB104; or a lysate or culture so...