US Patent Issued to United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs on June 24 for "Methods and compositions for preventing and treating auditory dysfunctions" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,974, issued on June 24, was assigned to United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington).

"Methods and compositions for preventing and treating auditory dysfunctions" was invented by O'Neil W. Guthrie (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides methods for treating auditory impairments in a subject in need of treatment comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a composition comprising, as an active agent, one or more of a carboxy alkyl ester, a quinic acid derivative, a caffeic acid derivative, a ferulic acid derivative, or a quinic acid lacto...