US Patent Issued to INTERNATIONAL N&H DENMARK on Dec. 30 for "Probiotic strains having increased storage stability" (Delaware, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,677, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL N&H DENMARK APS (Kongens Lyngby, Denmark).

"Probiotic strains having increased storage stability" was invented by Michael Dauner (Wilmington, Del.), Gerda Saxer Quance (Wilmington, Del.) and Steven Keith Williams (Corinth, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Evolved strains of Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus are provided. The evolved strains have probiotic properties and have enhanced storage stability in both wet and dry conditions. The strains of the invention contain key genetic mutations and phenotypic alterations as compared with wild-type."

The patent was filed on April ...