US Patent Issued to Wake Forest University Health Sciences on March 17 for "Compositions useful for dietary supplements" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,591, issued on March 17, was assigned to Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Compositions useful for dietary supplements" was invented by Hariom Yadav (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein according to embodiments is a composition comprising polysaccharides isolated from sago or acorn for use as a dietary supplement or food additive. The composition is useful to improve gut health in a subject. Methods of extracting the polysaccharides and food products comprising the same are also provided."

The patent was filed on Oct. 16, 2020, under Application No. 17/072,630.

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