ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,032, issued on March 11, was assigned to SEIKAGAKU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Stabilized aqueous composition comprising chondroitin sulfate and hyaluronic acid" was invented by Eiji Nogami (Tokyo), Akira Koushinbou (Tokyo), Noriko Oshima (Tokyo), Kota Fujiwara (Tokyo) and Tomoya Sato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an aqueous composition which comprises chondroitin sulfate, hyaluronic acid, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and which can be stored at room temperature.The present invention also relates to an aqueous composition which comprises chondroitin sulfate, hyaluronic acid, sorbitol, and a ...