ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,142, issued on Aug. 11.

"Bioactive dairy products and processes for their manufacture" was invented by Vivek Bhandari (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for the preparation of a liquid or semi-liquid bioactive dairy composition containing 20-90% retained bioactive IgG, for use as an ingredient in a ready-to-eat (RTE) or ready-to-drink (RTD) food product, includes the steps of a) combining a bioactive powder containing a colostrum powder and/or milk powder containing whey proteins, and immunoglobulin G (IgG), wherein the ratio of whey protein: IgG in the bioactive powder is between 1.74:1 and 3.05:1; water...