US Patent Issued to ZBiotics on July 7 for "Engineered probiotics for expression of fiber-synthesizing enzymes in gut" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,091, issued on July 7, was assigned to ZBiotics Co. (San Francisco).

"Engineered probiotics for expression of fiber-synthesizing enzymes in gut" was invented by Zachary D. Abbott (Millbrae, Calif.) and John William Kidder Oliver (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides solutions to various challenges in health, including health challenges related to high consumption of carbohydrate and/or low consumption of soluble fiber. The present disclosure provides, among other things, bacteria engineered for expression of a fiber-synthesizing enzyme, e.g., for expression of the enzyme in the gut (e.g., in the...