ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,079, issued on April 22, was assigned to Jiangnan University (Wuxi, China).

"Strain of Lactobacillus crispatus capable of preventing and/or treating Helicobacter pylori infection" was invented by Qixiao Zhai (Wuxi, China), Wei Chen (Wuxi, China), Meiyi Zhang (Wuxi, China), Leilei Yu (Wuxi, China), Fengwei Tian (Wuxi, China), Shunhe Wang (Wuxi, China), Jianxin Zhao (Wuxi, China) and Hao Zhang (Wuxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure discloses a strain of Lactobacillus crispatus capable of preventing and/or treating Helicobacter pylori infection, and belongs to the technical fields of microorganisms and medicine. The d...