ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,856, issued on May 19, was assigned to Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, Ill.).

"Nutritional composition having lipophilic compounds with improved solubility and bioavailability" was invented by Paul Johns (Columbus, Ohio), Mustafa Vurma (Dublin, Ohio), Daniel Albrecht (Columbus, Ohio), Stephen DeMichele (Dublin, Ohio), Gary Katz (Columbus, Ohio) and Todime Reddy (New Albany, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a nutritional composition having at least one protein, at least one fat, and at least one lipophilic compound, the composition comprising at least one assembly comprising at least one hydrophobic protein, mo...