US Patent Issued to MARUHA NICHIRO on June 30 for "Renal function maintenance and protection agent, and method for evaluating effect thereof" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,551, issued on June 30, was assigned to MARUHA NICHIRO Corp. (Tokyo).

"Renal function maintenance and protection agent, and method for evaluating effect thereof" was invented by Masataka Kawarasaki (Tokyo), Yosuke Chiba (Tokyo), Akira Kamata (Tokyo), Tomoaki Hashimoto (Tokyo) and Yoichiro Shirahama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a renal function maintenance and protection agent comprising as an active ingredient of a triglyceride of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) or eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) or a mixture of a triglyceride of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and a triglyceride of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), which can be us...