Patents by Inventor Ryan T. Lessard

Ryan T. Lessard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • A NEURAL SUBSTRATE FOR SUGAR PREFERENCE
    Publication number: 20170281772
    Abstract: This invention concerns a composition and a method of modulating the craving and/or desire for natural sugar in a subject comprising: agonizing or stimulating or antagonizing or silencing a selective group of neurons in the cadual nucleus of the solitary tract (cNST) of the brain in the subject, whether directly or via the gut or gut-brain axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Charles Zuker, Ryan T. Lessard, Yossef Goffer