ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,400, issued on June 3, was assigned to NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY (Takamatsu, Japan).

"Brown and beige adipocyte activating agent containing D-allulose as active ingredient" was invented by Koji Murao (Takamatsu, Japan), Hitomi Imachi (Takamatsu, Japan), Ken Izumori (Takamatsu, Japan) and Akihide Yoshihara (Takamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a brown and beige adipocyte activating agent and a brown and beige adipocyte activating food, each containing D-allulose as an active ingredient. Provided are a brown and beige adipocyte activating agent containing D-allulose as an active ingredient; ...