US Patent Issued to THE CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY on March 18 for "Compositions and methods of making ribitol" (Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,463, issued on March 18, was assigned to THE CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Compositions and methods of making ribitol" was invented by George L. McLendon (Davidson, N.C.), Bas Wilhelmus Theodorus Gruijters (Gemert, Netherlands) and Qi Long Lu (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes compositions comprising substantially pure ribitol, pharmaceutical compositions of ribitol, and methods of making ribitol. The methods may include combining a reducing agent (e.g., borohydride) and ribose (e.g. D-ribose), optionally with stirring, to form a first reaction mixture; and...