ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,079, issued on July 7, was assigned to Indena S.P.A. (Milan).

"Compositions comprising an American cranberry extract and phospholipids" was invented by Sabrina Arpini (Milan), Giacomo Mombelli (Milan), Paolo Morazzoni (Milan), Federico Peterlongo (Milan), Antonella Riva (Milan) and Massimo Ronchi (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to compositions comprising an American cranberry extract combined with phospholipids, and the use thereof in the prevention and treatment of urinary tract infections. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of said compositions, and formulations for oral a...