US Patent Issued to MARS on June 2 for "Kit, method, and device for sampling oral microbiome" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,513, issued on June 2, was assigned to MARS Inc. (McLean, Va.).

"Kit, method, and device for sampling oral microbiome" was invented by Lucy Jane Holcombe (Melton Mowbray, Great Britain), Corryn Victoria Wallis (Melton Mowbray, Great Britain), Avika Kishorlal Ruparell (Melton Mowbray, Great Britain) and Frank Edward Mars (McLean, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are kits and related methods for testing the oral microbiome of an animal for presence of one or more bacteria, e.g, associated with an oral disease or disorder, such periodontal disease, good oral health, or both, in a sample collected from the animal. The k...