ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,395, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to INSTITUTE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONMENT (Paris), INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET INDUSTRIES DU VIVANT ET DE L'ENVIRONMENT (Palaiseau, France) and UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY (Gif-sur-Yvette, France).

"O-acetylserine for the use thereof in the prevention and treatment of glucose intolerance and the associated diseases" was invented by Christine Delorme (Palaiseau, France) and Veronique Douard (Bures-sur-yvette, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present patent application relates to O-acetylserine, or a salt or derivative thereof, for use in the tr...