US Patent Issued to MEIJI, UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA on April 29 for "Fermented milk for improving autonomic nervous function" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,449, issued on April 29, was assigned to MEIJI Co. LTD (Tokyo) and UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA (Osaka, Japan).

"Fermented milk for improving autonomic nervous function" was invented by Yasuyoshi Watanabe (Osaka, Japan), Kei Mizuno (Osaka, Japan), Jun Henmi (Tokyo), Seiya Makino (Tokyo) and Hiroshi Kano (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fermented milk for improving autonomic nervous function containing at least one lactic acid bacterial species of the genus Lactobacillus and its metabolite. The lactic acid bacterial species of the genus Lactobacillus is selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus delbrueckii, Lact...