US Patent Issued to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research on Nov. 18 for "Methods and materials for assessing and treating obesity" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,353, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).

"Methods and materials for assessing and treating obesity" was invented by Andres J. Acosta (Rochester, Minn.) and Michael L. Camilleri (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document relates to methods and materials for assessing and/or treating obese mammals (e.g., obese humans). For example, methods and materials for using one or more interventions (e.g., one or more pharmacological interventions) to treat obesity and/or obesity-related comorbidities in a mammal (e.g., a human) identified as being likely to...