US Patent Issued to LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE on Dec. 16 for "Lactobacillus sp. strain and use thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,320, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lactobacillus sp. strain and use thereof" was invented by Young-Ok Kim (Busan, South Korea), Dong-Gyun Kim (Busan, South Korea), Bong Seok Kim (Busan, South Korea), Bo-Hye Nam (Busan, South Korea), Hee Jeong Kong (Busan, South Korea), Seung Jin Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Byung Hyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Mu hyun Jin (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a novel Lactobacillus sp. strain, which has high antibacterial activity against various pathogenic bacteria, including bacteria associated ...