ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,366, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to King's College London (Great Britain) and New-Food Innovations Ltd. (Great Britain).

"Medium/low glycaemic index products and methods" was invented by Peter J. Butterworth (London), Cathrina H. Edwards (London), Peter R. Ellis (London), Sandra Hill (Derbyshire, Great Britain), Alan Marson (Derbyshire, Great Britain) and Jacek Obuchowicz (Derbyshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process comprising (a) providing a quantity of plant material; (b) heating the material of (a) in aqueous medium to a temperature of 75 to 105deg C.; (c) physically disrupting t...