ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,524, issued on May 20, was assigned to MSI-195 HOLDINGS LLC (Harrison, N.Y.).

"Compositions comprising S-adenosylmethionine and a gallic acid ester" was invented by Dechi Guan (Vancouver, Canada) and I. David MacDonald (Surrey, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compositions and formulations comprising S-adenosyl-L-methionine ("SAM-e" or "SAMe") and one or more gallic acid esters. Also provided herein are methods for improving the delivery of SAMe. Compositions and formulations provided herein increase SAMe plasma concentrations and area under the curve (AUC) values. Also provided herein are methods of t...