US Patent Issued to PROBIOTICAL on Nov. 3 for "Granular bacteria gastroprotected with a coating matrix in crystalline form, process for the preparation thereof and compositions thereof" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,180, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to PROBIOTICAL S.P.A. (Novara, Italy).

"Granular bacteria gastroprotected with a coating matrix in crystalline form, process for the preparation thereof and compositions thereof" was invented by Vera Mogna (Novara, Italy), Marco Pane (Novara, Italy) and Serena Allesina (Novara, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Crystalline gastroprotected granular bacteria, such as bacterial strains in granular form coated with a lipid coating matrix, preferably in a reduced amount, said lipid coating matrix having a crystalline form and related compositions and process of preparation are described."

The patent ...