ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,962, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to UNIVERSITE DE LIMOGES (Limoges, France).

"Biologically active substance, method for manufacturing same and use thereof as an agent for protecting a biological tissue" was invented by Julien Celerier (Limoges, France), Charlotte Moine (Limoges, France), Celine Faugeron-Girard (Saint Just le Martel, France) and Vincent Gloaguen (Aixe sur Vienne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The biologically active substance is obtained or capable of being obtained by alkaline extraction, using an aqueous solution of at least one base in the presence of at least one reducing agent, of at least one macrosc...