US Patent Issued to QUORUM INNOVATIONS on June 16 for "Materials and methods for inhibiting a viral infection, including a coronavirus infection" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,849, issued on June 16, was assigned to QUORUM INNOVATIONS INC. (Sarasota, Fla.).

"Materials and methods for inhibiting a viral infection, including a coronavirus infection" was invented by Nicholas T. Monsul (Sarasota, Fla.), Eva A. Berkes (Sarasota, Fla.), Frederick T. Boehm (Sarasota, Fla.) and Yu-Hsien Liao (Sarasota, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject invention provides compositions and methods for inhibiting viral infections. Preferred embodiments of the invention provide pharmaceutical compositions, and the methods of using the same, comprising a strain of Lactobacillus fermentum bacterium, or bioactive extracts t...