US Patent Issued to Purdue Research Foundation on April 15 for "Compositions and methods for reducing skin fat" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,681, issued on April 15, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Compositions and methods for reducing skin fat" was invented by Kee-Hong Kim (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Yuyan Zhu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition comprising an active agent that inhibits acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) is provided. With the composition, food intake can be suppressed, and/or body weight can be reduced, and/or metabolic disorders can be prevented and/or treated."

The patent was filed on Oct. 15, 2022, under Application No. 18/046,916.

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