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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
May. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Nestec S.a., Vevey, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); G16H 50/70 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G16B 5/00 (2019.01); G16B 20/20 (2019.01); G16B 40/10 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); G16B 5/00 (2019.02); G16B 20/20 (2019.02); G16B 40/10 (2019.02); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); G16H 50/70 (2018.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/178 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for predicting the degree of weight loss attainable by applying one or more dietary interventions to a subject and/or the degree of maintenance of weight loss following one or more dietary interventions; which method comprises determining the level of microRNA-486 (miR-486) in one or more samples obtained from the subject; and/or determining the nucleotide of the subject at one or more polymorphic positions genetically linked to miR-486.