ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,994, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS LTD. (Tokyo) and TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY (Tokushima, Japan).

"Agent for regulating female hormone secretion and agent for alleviating unpleasant symptoms" was invented by Daisuke Sawada (Kanagawa, Japan), Shigeru Fujiwara (Kanagawa, Japan), Tomonori Sugawara (Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuhito Rokutan (Tokushima, Japan), Kensei Nishida (Tokushima, Japan) and Yuki Kuwano (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "[Problem] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel technology capable of regulating female hormone secretion. [Solution] Provided is an agent for regulat...