ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,588, issued on March 17.

"Natural pet chew product and method of manufacture" was invented by Heather Scherer (Cornelius, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to natural and organic treats/snacks and methods of manufacturing such treats/snacks. The treats/snacks can be in any desired shape and are devoid of synthetic and artificial filler ingredients. More specifically, the treats/snacks include ripe bananas, peanut butter, whole wheat flour, flaxseed, honey, and egg wherein all the ingredients can be formed into a dough. The dough can then be formed into desired shapes of dough by using molds for baking...