ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,516, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GERVAIS DANONE (Paris).

"Composition for amelioration of anxiety and/or stress" was invented by Tamara Smokvina (Orsay, France), Raphael Moriez (Igny, France), Jan Tack (Leuven, Belgium), Lukas Van Oudenhove (Leuven, Belgium), Tim Vanuytsel (Leuven, Belgium) and Lucas Wauters (Leuven, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition comprising L. rhamnosus CNCM I-3690 for use in prevention, amelioration or treatment of anxiety and/or psychological stress in an individual."

The patent was filed on June 12, 2020, under Application No. 17/596,514.

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