US Patent Issued to AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Vitrovita on Sept. 15 for "Progesterone formulation to trigger ovulation and provide luteal phase support" (Michigan, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,179, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC. (Augusta, Ga.) and Vitrovita LLC (Houston).

"Progesterone formulation to trigger ovulation and provide luteal phase support" was invented by Michael Peter Diamond (Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich.) and Dmitri Dozortsev (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for ovulation induction in females in need thereof. Current methods for inducing ovulation have unpleasant side effects and are expensive. The disclosed compositions and methods are safe, efficacious, and inexpensive. An exemplary method of inducing ovulat...