ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,242, issued on Dec. 30.

"Compositions and methods for treatment of diabetic neuropathies" was invented by William H. Cross III (Waco, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides compositions and methods to treat diabetic neuropathies. In particular, the invention provides combinations of at least two types of antioxidants have complementary effects for use against diabetic neuropathies. The two types of antioxidants include: antioxidants that comprise stabilizing heteroatoms and antioxidants with extended conjugated segments in a ring structure. At least one of each type of provided antioxidant has a pro-oxidative or co...