ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,471, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Suntory Holdings Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Composition containing sesamin and PQQ" was invented by Chie Abe (Kyoto, Japan), Yuki Yagita (Kyoto, Japan) and Yoshiko Ono (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention aims to provide a highly safe composition that can be used for improving or maintaining mitochondrial function and/or mitochondrial energy production capacity or reducing a decline in mitochondrial function and/or mitochondrial energy production capacity and that allows easy intake and continuous ingestion without risk of side effects. The present invention also aims t...