ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,721, issued on April 15, was assigned to iNtRON Biotechnology Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Compositions and methods for inhibiting the proliferation of enterotoxigenic bacteroides fragilis" was invented by Seong Jun Yoon (Seoul, South Korea), Jee Soo Son (Seoul, South Korea), In Hwang Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hyoung Rok Paik (Incheon, South Korea), Eun Kyoung Oh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Soo Youn Jun (Seoul, South Korea) and Sang Hyeon Kang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for preventing or treating an infection or disease caused by enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis includes a Siphoviri...