ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,323, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to GLYCOSCIENCE S.L. (Derio, Spain).

"Slow-release formulation" was invented by Peter William Sutton (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain) and Lluis Bosch Hereu (Santa Maria de Palautordera, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a slow release formulation. It relates also to the use of said repellent formulation, to a method of use thereof, and to a composition comprising said formulation. It further relates to PMD glucovanillin conjugate compound of formula (II), a process for preparing the compound of formula (II), and further to the use of the compound of formula (II) f...