In reference to the patent: WO2015002588A1
What is the scope of this application?
Can it stop other manufacturers from creating anything containing the supplement?
I heard in Asia there is a supplement containing this strain, and I'm not sure whether they could be infringing on this.
An application is not a patent. An application cannot stop anyone from doing anything. Furthermore, the claims of an application may change during prosecution.
What if the application does become a patent with the claims as currently written?
Well, is "an oxylobactor formigenes probiotic" a "secretagogue derived from oxalate degrading bacteria" as recited in Claim 1?
Focus on the claims. Is every item in a particular claim found in a potentially infringing product? I don't know this technical field, so I can't comment further.
