US Patent Issued to Nagase Viita on June 24 for "Crystalline potassium salt of 2-O-Alpha-D-glucosyl-L-ascorbic acid and method for producing the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,264, issued on June 24, was assigned to Nagase Viita Co. Ltd. (Okayama, Japan).

"Crystalline potassium salt of 2-O-Alpha-D-glucosyl-L-ascorbic acid and method for producing the same" was invented by Akiko Miyake (Okayama, Japan), Osamu Sano (Okayama, Japan) and Hirofumi Kunitake (Okayama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention has objects to provide a novel crystalline 2-O-Alpha-D-glucosyl-L-ascorbic acid and method for producing the same. The present invention solves the above objects by providing crystalline potassium salt of 2-O-Alpha-D-glucosyl-L-ascorbic acid and method for producing the same."

The patent wa...