ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,125, issued on May 20, was assigned to Northeastern University (Boston).
"Foodome platform" was invented by Giulia Menichetti (Boston), Albert-Laszlo Barabasi (Brookline, Mass.) and Peter Ruppert (Chestnut Hill, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed systems and methods provide a systematic approach to analyzing an individual's lifestyle factors (e.g., foods consumed by the individual) that contribute to the individual's current or potential for disease, and taking further action based on that analysis. One example embodiment is a machine learning system that includes a food composition layer, chemical compounds layer, an...