ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,261, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to BiomEdit Inc. (Fishers, Ind.).

"Probiotic Bacillus compositions and methods of use" was invented by Dharanesh Mahimapura Gangaiah (Fishers, Ind.), Arvind Kumar (Fishers, Ind.), Shrinivasrao Peerajirao Mane (Fishers, Ind.), Dwi Susanti (Fishers, Ind.) and Alyssa Volland (Fishers, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to probiotic compositions and methods for improving animal health and animal production. The probiotic compositions include one, two, three, or more isolated strains of novel Bacillus strains which are capable of colonizing the gastrointestinal tract to...