US Patent Issued to TDeltaS on July 29 for "Hunger suppression" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,165, issued on July 29, was assigned to TDeltaS Ltd. (Thame, Great Britain).

"Hunger suppression" was invented by Kieran Clarke (Oxford, Great Britain) and Brianna Stubbs (Oxford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method of suppressing hunger by lowering plasma ghrelin levels comprising administration of a compound to a human or animal body, wherein the compound is selected from: (i) (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate; (ii) an ester of (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate; and (iii) an oligomer of (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate moieties;or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The invention also provides a met...