ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,828, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to KeepsakeMom Creations Inc. (Surrey, Canada).

"Method for preserving milk for jewelry production" was invented by Stephen G. Haralampu (Belmont, Mass.) and Jefferson Thachuk (Surrey, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preserving a milk sample by adding a denaturing/reducing solution to a milk sample to form a first mixture, incubating the first mixture at 50deg C. to 100deg C. for at least 3 min. to denature and reduce the milk sample, cooling the sample to ambient temperature, adding one or more preservatives and an inert solid material to form a second mixture, and drying the s...