ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,102, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SEKISUI MEDICAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Composition containing TARC, and method for improving storage stability of TARC" was invented by Akiko Matsumoto (Tokyo), Tomoyuki Usui (Tokyo), Yuka Suzuki (Tokyo) and Kengo Fujimura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide a TARC-containing composition with high storage stability. Provided is a composition including TARC (Thymus and activation-regulated chemokine) and one or more selected from the group consisting of a sugar fatty acid ester-type nonionic surfactant, a polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene block copolym...