ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,651, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to MEGMILK SNOW BRAND Co. LTD. (Hokkaido, Japan).
"Composition for improving gut microbiota" was invented by Shigeki Kada (Hokkaido, Japan), Takuya Tsukahara (Hokkaido, Japan), Akira Kimura (Hokkaido, Japan) and Nana Ogawa (Hokkaido, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of one present invention is to provide a food composition including, as an active ingredient thereof, Lactobacillus mucosae that has a function of improving a gut microbiota. An object of another present invention is to provide an increasing drug for the rate of bifidobacteria in the human intestine and a bifidobacteria p...