US Patent Issued to Kataoka, Kyoto Prefectural Public University on Sept. 16 for "Production method for neuron-like cells" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,986, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Kataoka Corp. (Kyoto, Japan) and Kyoto Prefectural Public University Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Production method for neuron-like cells" was invented by Ping Dai (Kyoto, Japan), Yoshinori Harada (Kyoto, Japan) and Junichi Matsumoto (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is a main object of the present invention to provide a process for producing a neuron-like cell from a somatic cell, a neuron-like cell obtained thereby, and a composition comprising a combination of chemical substances that can be used for said process without performing artificial gene transfer.The invention can include...