US Patent Issued to KETONEAID on Aug. 11 for "Functional beverage containing 1,3 butanediol" (Virginia, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,842, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to KETONEAID INC. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Functional beverage containing 1,3 butanediol" was invented by Frank Borges Llosa (Falls Church, Va.) and Stephen Zarpas (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage can include D ethyl 3-hydroxybutyrate, D 1,3-butanediol, D Beta hydroxybutyrate salts, D Beta hydroxybutyrate/D 1,3-butanediol monoester, D ethyl hydroxybutyrate, hydroxybutyrate, and/or D hydroxybutyric acid of at least 0.5 percent by volume. The percentage of D ethyl 3-hydroxybutyrate, D 1,3-butanediol, D Beta hydroxybutyrate salts, D Beta hydroxybutyrate/D 1,3-butanediol monoester, D...