ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,829, issued on July 14, was assigned to DANISCO US INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Stable microbial composition and drying process" was invented by Nathaniel T. Becker (Palo Alto, Calif.), Amruta Bedekar (Palo Alto, Calif.), Regina Arakel Hermansen (Palo Alto, Calif.), Katherine Hoffmann (Palo Alto, Calif.), Amanda Kathleen Iverson (Palo Alto, Calif.), Samuel A. Maurer (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Aleksandra Virag (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a microbial composition having fermentation solids embedded in a matrix forming an evaporated suspension, characterized by the features of having: a n...