US Patent Issued to GENUINE R&D on Jan. 20 for "Composition for producing ceramide" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,081, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to GENUINE R&D Co. LTD. (Fukuoka, Japan).

"Composition for producing ceramide" was invented by Masakatsu Miyanabe (Fukuoka, Japan), Shinobu Hiraki (Fukuoka, Japan), Xiaolin Luo (Fukuoka, Japan) and Hiroyuki Imai (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a means for preparing a free ceramide (Cer) from a glycosyl inositol phospho ceramide (GIPC). Specifically provided is a composition for digesting a glycosyl inositol phospho ceramide (GIPC) or a glucosylceramide for producing a free ceramide, the composition comprising a mushroom self-digestion liquid or purified product thereof." ...