ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,911, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, Minn.).

"Alcoholic beverage containing suspended particulates" was invented by Wouter M. G. M. Van Beneden (Mariakerke, Belgium) and Reginald Van Bokkelen (Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an alcoholic beverage comprising xanthan and a galactomannan."

The patent was filed on July 20, 2017, under Application No. 16/631,105.

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