US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on May 20 for "Chloride intracellular channel 1 for regulation of food intake" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,479, issued on May 20, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Chloride intracellular channel 1 for regulation of food intake" was invented by Olivia Osborn (Cardiff, Calif.) and Rizaldy Zapata (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods of use for modulating weight gain in a subject. Methods for treating obesity in a subject comprising administering to a subject in need an effective amount of a chloride intracellular channel protein 1 (Clic1) inhibitor, such as indanyloxyacetic acid 94 (IAA94)."

The patent was filed on May 6, 2020, under Application No. 17/608,83...