ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,691, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ALPHANOSOS S.A.S. (Riom, France).

"Extract of an herbal composition as antimicrobial and/or antibiofilm agent" was invented by Pascal Mayer (Riom, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extract of an herbal composition comprising at least two different dried plants useful as antimicrobial and/or antibiofilm agent in the treatment or prevention of microbial infections caused by bacteria, such as for example Escherichia, Klebsiella, Listeria, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Streptococcus or Staphylococcus, or by fungi, such as for example is herein described. It has been found that in such extract, th...