ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,979, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KOBIOLABS INC. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Akkermansia muciniphila strain and use thereof" was invented by Gwang Pyo Ko (Seoul, South Korea), Hyo Shin Yoon (Gangneung-si, South Korea), Chung Hwan Cho (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), Hyun Ju You (Incheon, South Korea) and Tae Wook Nam (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to Akkermansia muciniphila SNUG-61027 strain (accession number KCTC 13530BP) and use thereof, specifically, a composition for suppressing appetite or preventing, ameliorating, alleviating or treating metabolic diseases, comprising the s...