US Patent Issued to QUORUM INNOVATIONS on Dec. 16 for "Protective barrier compositions, and uses thereof" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,800, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to QUORUM INNOVATIONS INC. (Sarasota, Fla.).

"Protective barrier compositions, and uses thereof" was invented by Nicholas T. Monsul (Sarasota, Fla.), Eva A. Berkes (Sarasota, Fla.) and Frederick T. Boehm (Sarasota, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject invention provides compositions and methods of enhancing the barrier function of surfaces and/or objects using biochemical-producing microbes and/or byproducts synthesized by the microbes. Preferred embodiments of the invention provide compositions, and the methods of using the same, comprising a Lactobacillus sp., and/or bioactive extract...