ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,198, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Composition for preventing, alleviating or treating sleep disorders, containing, as active ingredient, gut microbiota or extracellular vesicles derived therefrom" was invented by Inkyung Baik (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a composition for preventing, alleviating or treating sleep disorder, containing, as an active ingredient, Prevotella histicola, a culture product thereof, a crushed product thereof, an extract thereof or a fermented product thereof; or ext...