US Patent Issued to Mars, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania on Dec. 23 for "Methods and compositions for treating intestinal disorder" (Ohio, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,917, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Mars Inc. (McLean, Va.) and The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia).

"Methods and compositions for treating intestinal disorder" was invented by Sally Christine Perea (Lewisburg, Ohio) and Daniel P. Beiting (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are methods for determining responsiveness of a companion animal having an intestinal disorder to a diet. These methods include measuring at least a first amount of a first intestinal microorganism, comparing the first amount of the first intestinal microorganism with a first reference amount of the first intestinal ...