ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,579, issued on April 14, was assigned to AXCESS GLOBAL SCIENCES LLC (Washington, Utah).

"Compositions and compounds containing ketone bodies and/or ketone body precursors and one or more amino acids" was invented by Gary Millet (Salt Lake City), Ryan Lowery (Tampa, Fla.), Jacob Wilson (Tampa, Fla.) and Terry Lacore (Melissa, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods for administering ketone bodies to a subject include a ketone body or ketone body precursor complexed with or coupled to at least one amino acid. The compositions and methods cause one or more of: weight loss, weight maintenance, reduced blood glucose...