US Patent Issued to P.L. Thomas & Co. on Sept. 1 for "Borate complexes of chlorogenic acid and uses thereof" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,857, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to P.L. Thomas & Co. Inc. (Morristown, N.J.).

"Borate complexes of chlorogenic acid and uses thereof" was invented by Ion Romulus Scorei (Morristown, N.J.), Andrei Bita (Morristown, N.J.), Laura Dinca (Morristown, N.J.), George Dan Mogosanu (Morristown, N.J.) and Nagendra Rangavajla (Morristown, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A borate diester of chlorogenic acid is prepared by reacting a solution comprising chlorogenic acid and boric acid in a ratio of at least 2:1 in a superheated water solvent or an aqueous acetonitrile solvent. If aqueous acetonitrile is used as a solvent, the acetonitrile...