US Patent Issued to TEAGASC-THE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY on Aug. 25 for "Method of reducing food intake in a healthy mammal" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,665, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to TEAGASC-THE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (Carlow, Ireland).

"Method of reducing food intake in a healthy mammal" was invented by Sinead Bleiel (Dublin), Robert Kent (Cork, Ireland), Neil Gerard Docherty (Dublin) and Carel Wynand Le Roux (Dublin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A therapeutic or non-therapeutic method of inducing satiety in a mammal is described. The method comprises administering to the mammal a composition comprising microparticles, in which the microparticles comprise lipid contained within a gastric-resistant, ileal-sensitive, carrier configured for release of the...