US Patent Issued to TDeltaS on Oct. 14 for "3-hydroxybutyrate compounds for use in reducing liver fat" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,944, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TDeltaS Ltd. (Thame, Great Britain).

"3-hydroxybutyrate compounds for use in reducing liver fat" was invented by Kieran Clarke (Oxford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a compound for use in reducing liver fat in a subject, wherein the compound is selected from: (i) (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate; (ii) an ester of (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate; and (iii) an oligomer obtainable by polymerising (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate moieties; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The compound is particularly useful in subjects suffering from a fatty liver. The compoun...