US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on June 2 for "Oral product" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,763, issued on June 2, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Oral product" was invented by Feng Gao (Midlothian, Va.), Frank Scott Atchley (Midlothian, Va.), Gregory James Griscik (Midlothian, Va.), Christopher Joseph DiNovi (Ruther Glen, Va.), Phillip M. Hulan (Midlothian, Va.), Diane L. Gee (Chesterfield, Va.) and Gerd Kobal (Sandy Hook, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix, cellulosic fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix, and an additive dispersed in the mouth-stable polymer...