ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,768, issued on July 21, was assigned to N.V. Nutricia (Zoetermeer, Netherlands).
"Nutritional composition for improving immune fitness" was invented by Belinda Potappel-van 't Land (Utrecht, Netherlands), Elisabeth Catharina Adriana Maria van Esch (Utrecht, Netherlands), Suzanne Abbring (Utrecht, Netherlands) and Johan Garssen (Utrecht, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising non-denatured lactoferrin for use in preventing or treating allergy, allergic rhinitis, asthma, urticaria, atopic eczema, allergic conjunctivitis, atopic dermatitis or atopic diseases in an...