US Patent Issued to Sami-Sabinsa Group on March 25 for "Fructophilic lactic acid producing bacteria" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,274, issued on March 25, was assigned to Sami-Sabinsa Group Ltd. (Bangalore, India).

"Fructophilic lactic acid producing bacteria" was invented by Muhammed Majeed (Bangalore, India), Kalyanam Nagabhushanam (East Windsor, N.J.), Kirankumar Beede (Bangalore, India) and Sivakumar Arumugam (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a novel fructophilic lactic acid producing bacteria Bacillus coagulans strain FF-7 (MTCC 25235) and the process of isolation and characterization of the bacteria."

The patent was filed on Nov. 8, 2021, under Application No. 17/521,383.

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