US Patent Issued to PHAGE TECHNOLOGY CENTER on Oct. 27 for "Solution for storing a bacteriophage" (German, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,435, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to PHAGE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH (Boenen, Germany).

"Solution for storing a bacteriophage" was invented by Hansjorg Lehnherr (Bern, Switzerland), Tatiana Lehnherr-Ilina (Hamm, Germany) and Michael Fink (Hamm-Rhynern, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments relate to a composition comprising a bacteriophage or a mutant thereof and a storage solution, wherein the bacteriophage or the mutant thereof is capable of killing a Gram-positive bacterium comprising Staphylococcus aureus, wherein the composition is stable for at least about a year at 39.2-46.4deg F. (4-8deg C.)."

The patent was fil...