ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,385, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Probi AB (Lund, Sweden).
"Lactobacillus plantarum compositions and uses thereof" was invented by Bengt Jeppsson (Lund, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to methods for treating and/or preventing age-related systemic inflammation by administering to a human in need thereof, at least one probiotic strain of Lactobacillus plantarum. Also described are compositions, dosages and probiotic strains suitable for the methods. The probiotic strain has beneficial effects on age-related systemic inflammation in otherwise healthy elderly individuals."
The patent was filed on June ...