European Patent Office Grants Metabolon Patent for Determining Metabolic Age of an Individual

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Metabolon, Inc., a diagnostics and services company offering the industry’s leading biochemical profiling technology, announced today the grant of EP Patent 2,089,539B entitled, “Biomarkers Related to Metabolic Age and Methods Using the Same.” The European Patent Office awarded the patent to Metabolon on December 7, 2011 and is the first patent issued to Metabolon by the EPO. The newly issued patent extends Metabolon’s intellectual property (IP) related to biomarkers of metabolic age; US7,781,160, the related United States Patent, was issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in August 2010.