ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,597, issued on June 30, was assigned to SYNBALANCE SRL (Origgio, Italy).

"Probiotic compositions useful in the prevention and/or treatment of gastrointestinal disorders" was invented by Rosella Malanchin (Origgio, Italy), Cristiana Piangiolino (Origgio, Italy), Silvia Castegnaro (Origgio, Italy), Federica Carlomagno (Origgio, Italy) and Chiara Pesciaroli (Origgio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In particular, this invention refers to a composition comprising a probiotic combination comprising: a) at least one strain of the genus Lactobacillus selected from the species Lactobacillus plantarum; and c) at least one strain belongin...