ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,065, issued on March 17, was assigned to Amazentis SA (Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Enhancing autophagy or increasing longevity by administration of urolithins" was invented by Christopher L. Rinsch (Lausanne, Switzerland), William Blanco-Bose (La Croix, Switzerland), Bernard Schneider (Pully, Switzerland), Laurent Mouchiroud (Morges, Switzerland), Dongryeol Ryu (Renens, Switzerland), Penelope Andreux (Eclepens, Switzerland) and Johan Auwerx (Buchillon, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods, compounds, and compositions useful for increasing autophagy and promoting longevity. The methods, compounds, and composi...