ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,206, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Applause Pharma Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) and Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Pharmaceutical composition containing cerium compound as active ingredient" was invented by Tsunetaka Kawaguchi (Tokyo), Masaharu Nakatsu (Tokyo), Yukihiro Ogawa (Tokyo) and Akiko Hashimoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Primarily aimed at providing a novel pharmaceutical composition. The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition that contains a cerium compound as an active ingredient."

The patent was filed on Jan. 11, 2023, under Application No. 18/153,124.

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