US Patent Issued to ATOGEN on June 30 for "Lactobacillus paracasei ATG-EI strain or composition comprising same for preventing or treating respiratory disease" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,598, issued on June 30, was assigned to ATOGEN Co. LTD (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Lactobacillus paracasei ATG-EI strain or composition comprising same for preventing or treating respiratory disease" was invented by Ji Hee Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Sil Lee (Sejong, South Korea), Dae Young Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Sung Hoon Im (Sejong, South Korea), Il Yong Ji (Daejeon, South Korea), Gun Seok Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Seung Hyun Ko (Sejong-si, South Korea), Juy I Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and You Kyung Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel strain, Lactobacillus paracasei ATG-E1 (Accession No. K...