US Patent Issued to Glycom on Jan. 27 for "Mixture of HMOS for improving the microbiota of pregnant women" (Danish, Turkish, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,369, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Glycom A/S (Horsholm, Denmark).

"Mixture of HMOS for improving the microbiota of pregnant women" was invented by Bruce McConnell (La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland), Louise Kristine Vigsnaes (Copenhagen NV, Denmark), Dorthe Seitzberg (Espergaerde, Denmark), Ingvild Dybdrodt Amundsen (Copenhagen S, Denmark) and Buket Soyyilmaz (Istanbul).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) for use in supplementing the diet of a pregnant woman, a synthetic composition comprising an HMO for use in supplementing the diet of a pregnant woman, and a method for improvi...