US Patent Issued to HULKA on Oct. 28 for "Composition comprising an ester of alpha-tocopherol for reducing the risk of preterm birth" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,714, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to HULKA S.R.L. (Rovigo, Italy).

"Composition comprising an ester of alpha-tocopherol for reducing the risk of preterm birth" was invented by Giorgio Panin (Rovigo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for topical application to the oral cavity, for the use in pregnant women to reduce the risk of preterm birth, comprising an ester of vitamin E with a carboxylic acid of formula R-COOH, in which R is an alkyl radical having 1 to 19 carbon atoms, or an alkenyl or alkynyl radical having 2 to 19 carbon atoms, and an oily vehicle; the ester of vitamin E can be selected from vitamin E aceta...