ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,519, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to lowa State University Research Foundation Inc. (Ames, Iowa).
"Probiotic compositions for production of dopamine" was invented by Mark Lyte (Ames, Iowa) and Daniel Nicholas Villageliu (Ames, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to synbiotic compositions of probiotic strains and prebiotics, along with uses thereof for targeted human and animal applications, for example, in promoting health and well-being and/or treating therapeutic conditions. The present invention is also directed to methods of probiotic selection and detection of strains with the ability to prod...