US Patent Issued to Kirin Holdings on Dec. 2 for "Agent for inducing interferon production containing lactic acid bacteria" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,150, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Kirin Holdings K.K. (Tokyo).

"Agent for inducing interferon production containing lactic acid bacteria" was invented by Daisuke Fujiwara (Kanagawa, Japan), Kenta Jonai (Kanagawa, Japan) and Tetsu Sugimura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides an IFN inducer comprising, as an active ingredient, lactic acid bacteria and capable of inducing IFN production, an immunopotentiating agent or prophylactic agent against virus infection comprising such inducer, and a food or drink product comprising such IFN inducer and having IFN-inducing activity, immunopotentiating activ...