US Patent Issued to APIX BIOSCIENCES, PHYTANT on May 26 for "Isofucosterol and combinations of isofucosterol and a multiplicity of sterols as a nutrient for animals" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,715, issued on May 26, was assigned to APIX BIOSCIENCES (Wingene, Belgium) and PHYTANT (Wingene, Belgium).

"Isofucosterol and combinations of isofucosterol and a multiplicity of sterols as a nutrient for animals" was invented by Thierry Bogaert (Wingene, Belgium), Sharoni Shafir (Wingene, Belgium), Geraldine Wright (Wingene, Belgium) and Jan Bogaert (Wingene, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for feeding invertebrates or aquaculture organisms, comprising # providing a pollen substitute composition comprising a nutritionally effective amount of isofucosterol, fucosterol or a mixture thereof; and # administering the pollen...