US Patent Issued to Glycom on Nov. 4 for "Human milk oligosaccharides for use in enhancing executive function" (Swiss, Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,052, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Glycom A/S (Horsholm, Denmark).

"Human milk oligosaccharides for use in enhancing executive function" was invented by Bruce McConnell (La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland), Louise Kristine Vigsnaes (Copenhagen NV, Denmark), Jonas Hauser (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Nora Schneider (Les Monts-de-Corsier, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Use of a human milk oligosaccharide (HMO), or a nutritional composition comprising a human milk oligosaccharide, to enhance executive function in a non-infant, to prevent and/or reduce the risk of sub-optimal executive function in a non-infant, to manage sub-opti...