ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,448, issued on May 13, was assigned to International N&H Denmark ApS (Kongens Lyngby, Denmark).
"Methods and strain" was invented by Christophe Fremaux (Poitiers, France), Philippe Horvath (Chatellerault, France), Patrick Boyaval (La Meziere, France), Pascal Hols (Vedrin, Belgium), David Blandine (Floreffe, Belgium), Amandine Radziejwoski (Sterrebeek, Belgium), Laetitia Fontaine (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) and Frederic Toussaint (Rixensart, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for transforming a strain of the Lactococcus genus through natural competence. The present invention further relate...