US Patent Issued to Leonhardt Ventures on June 2 for "Modulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)" (California, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,967, issued on June 2, was assigned to Leonhardt Ventures LLC.

"Modulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)" was invented by Howard J. Leonhardt (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Kelsie Leonhardt (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Sejal Chaudhari (Holladay, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a low voltage, pulsed electrical stimulation device for controlling expression of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor ("BDNF"), a useful protein, by tissues. Also described are methods of enhancing expression of BDNF in cells, particularly a method of stimulating the expression and/or release of BDNF in a cell having a gene encoding BDNF, w...