ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,200, issued on March 3, was assigned to HIWEISS S.R.L. (Bolzano, Italy).

"Process for the preparation of undenatured vegetable proteic isolates" was invented by Mauro Grandi (Barbianello, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a process for the preparation of vegetable protein isolates of high quality, that allows maintaining in the final product the nutritional value and specific functionalities of the native biological activity of the proteins of the starting vegetable raw material. Also disclosed are the vegetable protein isolates obtained by this process and their use in the food sector."

The patent was filed on Dec. ...