US Patent Issued to PHARMA FOODS INTERNATIONAL, KYOTO PREFECTURAL PUBLIC UNIVERSITY on Sept. 22 for "GABA-containing composition" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,956, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to PHARMA FOODS INTERNATIONAL Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan) and KYOTO PREFECTURAL PUBLIC UNIVERSITY Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"GABA-containing composition" was invented by Yusaku Iwasaki (Kyoto, Japan), Riho Sagane (Kyoto, Japan), Utano Nakamura (Kyoto, Japan), Maiko Miyazaki (Kyoto, Japan), Atsushi Yamatsu (Kyoto, Japan) and Mujo Kim (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present invention, a composition that induces the feeling of satiety or suppresses binge eating is provided. The present invention provides a GABA-containing composition for inducing transient satiety in a subject...