US Patent Issued to NOVOZYMES on Oct. 14 for "Bacillus strains for improving feed conversion rates and body weight gain in animals" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,518, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to NOVOZYMES A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).

"Bacillus strains for improving feed conversion rates and body weight gain in animals" was invented by Adam Nelson (Salem, Va.), Erik Eckhardt (Domerat, France), Estelle Devillard (Antony, France), Meagan Hale (Roanoke, Va.), Emily Zhang (Durham, N.C.) and Ethan Chad Baker (Roanoke, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When fed to animals, Bacillus licheniformis strain O42AH3 (deposit accession number DSM 32559), Bacillus subtilis strain O52YJ6 (deposit accession number DSM 32560), Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain O52YYT (deposit accession number DSM 32561) an...