US Patent Issued to Dutch Creek Nymphing on May 26 for "Composition and method of applying same to increase survival of fish following catch-and-release situations" (Colorado, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,305, issued on May 26, was assigned to Dutch Creek Nymphing LLC (Denver).

"Composition and method of applying same to increase survival of fish following catch-and-release situations" was invented by James Seth Zaharako (Denver) and Slavko Komarnytsky (Concord, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a composition and method to increase survival of fish following catch-and-release events. The composition comprises an energy substrate and a hydrocolloid. The composition may comprise an application-safe buffer. The energy substrate may be a glycolysis metabolite, a Krebs cycle metabolite, an amino acid, a nitric oxi...