ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,395, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Advanced Bionutrition Corp. (Columbia, Md.).
"Stable dry probiotic compositions for special dietary uses" was invented by Majid Keshtmand (Baltimore), Mordechai Harel (Pikesville, Md.) and Trisha D. Rice (Columbia, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dry stable probiotic composition is provided. The composition comprises one or more viable probiotic microorganisms, one or more hydrolyzed proteins, one or more disaccharides, one or more oligosaccharides, and one or more polysaccharides, but not trehalose. The composition has viability of at least 1x1010 CFU/g, and a viability loss of less than ...