US Patent Issued to OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION, Government of the USA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services on Oct. 21 for "Ketone bodies and ketone body esters as blood lipid lowering agents" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,140, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION Ltd. (Oxford, Great Britain) and Government of the USA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Md.).

"Ketone bodies and ketone body esters as blood lipid lowering agents" was invented by Kieran Clarke (Oxford, Great Britain) and Richard Lewis Veech (Rockville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject disclosure provides compositions for reducing serum cholesterol and/or triglyceride levels in subjects. These compositions can comprise racemic Beta-hydroxybutyrate or D-Beta-hydroxybutyrate, optionally in the acid form...