ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,197, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Seres Therapeutics Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Synergistic bacterial compositions and methods of production and use thereof" was invented by Matthew R. Henn (Somerville, Mass.), Kevin Daniel Litcofsky (Boston), Anthony Mario D'Onofrio (Northborough, Mass.), Toshiro K. Ohsumi (Cambridge, Mass.), Mary-Jane Lombardo Mckenzie (Arlington, Mass.), Geoffrey Von Maltzahn (Boston), David N. Cook (Brooklyn, N.Y.), David Arthur Berry (Brookline, Mass.), Noubar B. Afeyan (Lexington, Mass.) and John Grant Aunins (Doylestown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are therapeutic compositions containing ...