ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,792, issued on June 17, was assigned to Trench Therapeutics Inc. (Portola Valley, Calif.).

"Airway medicaments" was invented by David S. Harburger (Waltham, Mass.) and Prashant Girinath (Arlington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are compositions, methods, kits and devices for the treatment and/or prevention of a wide spectrum of disease conditions. In particular, bacterial populations described herein are live, purified bacteria for the modulation, restoration and/or promotion of the microbiome in the upper respiratory tract of a subject, including the nasal cavity, to promote health. Such bacterial populations...