US Patent Issued to The Population Council on May 20 for "System for providing birth control" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,518, issued on May 20, was assigned to The Population Council Inc. (New York).

"System for providing birth control" was invented by Bruce Variano (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a vaginal system that prevents pregnancy comprised of segesterone acetate and ethinyl estradiol and is configured for thirteen 28-day product-use cycles."

The patent was filed on Nov. 5, 2021, under Application No. 17/520,323.

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