US Patent Issued to Brightseed, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute on April 29 for "Method for modulating metabolism" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,392, issued on April 29, was assigned to Brightseed Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.) and Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (La Jolla, Calif.).

"Method for modulating metabolism" was invented by Lee Heil Chae (South San Francisco, Calif.) and Fred Levine (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for modulating metabolism is provided which includes the step of providing a consumable composition including an extract containing a compound of Formula I to a subject in need thereof thereby modulating the subject's metabolism and addressing the underlying pathogenesis of metabolic disorders, such as nonalco...