US Patent Issued to Seed Health on March 25 for "Method and system for reducing the likelihood of developing depression in an individual" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,272, issued on March 25, was assigned to Seed Health Inc. (Venice, Calif.).

"Method and system for reducing the likelihood of developing depression in an individual" was invented by Joseph E. Kovarik (Englewood, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for reducing the likelihood of developing depression in an individual involves providing in the gut of an individual a population of beneficial bacteria selected from the group consisting of bacterial species able to make small chain fatty acids, and preferably butyrate, and administering fiber to the individual to maintain a therapeutically effective amount of the beneficial bac...