US Patent Issued to AJINOMOTO on July 14 for "Muscle quality improvement agent" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,473, issued on July 14, was assigned to AJINOMOTO Co. INC. (Tokyo).

"Muscle quality improvement agent" was invented by Kyoko Miura (Kawasaki, Japan), Yoshiro Kitahara (Kawasaki, Japan) and Haruka Ohashi (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Agents containing Gamma-glutamyl peptide can prevent a decline in muscle quality and improve muscle quality even when exercise is limited, and further, can effectively enhance the effect of exercise even when the exercise is of a level free of undue efforts."

The patent was filed on April 22, 2022, under Application No. 17/726,731.

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