ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,182, issued on May 13, was assigned to Amazentis SA (Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Compositions comprising an urolithin compound" was invented by Penelope Andreux (Eclepens, Switzerland), Christopher L. Rinsch (Lausanne, Switzerland) and William Blanco-Bose (La Croix, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides compositions comprising a source of protein and a urolithin. The invention also provides uses and methods associated with, or making use of the compositions, such as a medicament, dietary supplement, functional food or medical food and in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a muscle-related pathological condit...