ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,273, issued on March 25, was assigned to TRIM BIOTECH S.L. (Pamplona, Spain).

"Compositions comprising bacteria for cancer immunotherapy" was invented by Miguel Angel Barajas Velez (Pamplona, Spain) and Alfredo Resano Lizaldre (Pamplona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Immunogenic compositions comprising (a) a bacterial population comprising at least three pathogenic bacterial species selected from the group consisting of Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Moraxella catarrhalis, wherein the bacteria are inactivated bacteria comprising the w...