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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.:

US 9649332 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 12, 2009

Poly (β-hydroxy short-medium chain fatty acid)

Applicants:

Kazunari Ushida, Nishinomiya, JP;

Masaki Kuriyama, Otsu, JP;

Inventors:

Kazunari Ushida, Nishinomiya, JP;

Masaki Kuriyama, Otsu, JP;

Assignee:

EARTHUS, INC., Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:

Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

James Rogers

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/765 (2006.01); A61K 31/78 (2006.01); A23K 20/158 (2016.01); A23L 33/12 (2016.01); A61K 9/51 (2006.01); A61K 47/34 (2017.01); A61K 8/85 (2006.01); A61K 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/78 (2013.01); A23K 20/158 (2016.05); A23L 33/12 (2016.08); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); A61K 8/85 (2013.01); A61K 9/204 (2013.01); A61K 9/5153 (2013.01); A61K 47/34 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a composition comprising a polymer of a β-hydroxy short-medium chain fatty acid, which is used for delivering the β-hydroxy short-medium chain fatty acid or an oligomer thereof to the large intestine. In case the composition is administrated orally, the composition will be delivered to the large intestine, without being degraded in the stomach or short intestine, and degraded by the large intestinal bacterial flora and release the short-medium chain fatty acid or an oligomer thereof. The released short-medium chain fatty acid or an oligomer thereof has useful physiological activities and is effective for treating or preventing inflammatory diseases or cancer in the large intestine.

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