US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on July 14 for "Method of making composition including encapsulated caffeine" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,441, issued on July 14, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Method of making composition including encapsulated caffeine" was invented by Munmaya K. Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Va.) and Gerd Kobal (Sandy Hook, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes forming encapsulated caffeine from a caffeine complex that includes caffeine and an organic acid in a 1:1 molar ratio, dispersing the encapsulated caffeine throughout at least a portion of a base composition, the encapsulated caffeine being included in an amount sufficient to release 50 mg to 200 mg of caffeine when consumed, and adding at least one pH a...