ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,180, issued on July 28, was assigned to CarnoCo LLC (Millstone, N.J.).
"Methods of improving tolerability, pharmacodynamics, and efficacy of beta-alanine and use therefor" was invented by Hector L. Lopez (Cream Ridge, N.J.) and Timothy N. Ziegenfuss (Chardon, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates in some aspects to compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical, nutritional compositions, etc.), formulations, and food or beverage products comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of (a) Beta-alanine or a derivative of Beta-alanine, and (b) at least one agent that inhibits the N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) path...