US Patent Issued to Evonik Operations on July 1 for "Preparation for use in enhancing formation of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs)" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,842, issued on July 1, was assigned to Evonik Operations GmbH (Essen, Germany).

"Preparation for use in enhancing formation of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs)" was invented by Bodo Speckmann (Kahl, Germany), Michael Schwarm (Alzenau, Germany), Ines Ochrombel (Essen, Germany) and Stefan Pelzer (Gutersloh, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses preparations for use in enhancing formation of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) in a subject for treating or preventing a disease or disorder comprising at least one omega-3 fatty acid salt having an organic counter ion selected from lysine, arginine, ornithine, choline and...