ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,224, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to IMMUNOBIOME INC. (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Method of discovering disease-relevant microbial consortia using machine-learning model" was invented by Seung Yeon Choi (Pohang-si, South Korea), In Hae Kim (Pohang-si, South Korea), Jung Hwan Park (Pohang-si, South Korea) and Ju Hun Lee (Pohang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention aims to discover a microbial cluster that can be used when developing effective probiotics for a specific disease. Specifically, the invention includes (1) discovering a candidate microbial cluster data related to specific disease, which is ...