ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,008, issued on May 27, was assigned to SL Technology Inc. (Chesterfield, Mo.).

"Products and methods using lunasin-enriched soy extract mixtures to reduce free fatty acid levels, increase leptin levels and increase adiponectin levels in plasma" was invented by Alfredo Flores Galvez (Folsom, Calif.), Ryan Schmidt (Chesterfield, Mo.) and Carl Hastings (Chesterfield, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates generally to products and methods using lunasin-enriched soy extract combined with Reliv Now(R) to reduce free fatty acid levels and increase leptin levels and adiponectin levels in plasma for the control of obesity,...