US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary Department of Heath and Human Services, Ohio State Innovation Foundation, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Yale University on Nov. 25 for "TNAP locally administered for promoting periodontal health" (American, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,662, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary Department of Heath and Human Services (Bethesda, Md.), Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio), Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (La Jolla, Calif.) and Yale University (New Haven, Calif.).

"TNAP locally administered for promoting periodontal health" was invented by Martha J. Somerman (Chevy Chase, Md.), Nadine Laure Samara (Rockville, Md.), Atsuhiro Nagasaki (Sendai, Japan), Demetrios T. Braddock (New Haven, Conn.), Brian Lee Foster (Hilliard, Ohio) and Jose Luis Millan (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Off...