ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,286, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to NANJING NUTRABUILDING BIO-TECH Co. LTD. (Nanjing, China).

"Compositions of Beta-aminoisobutyric acid and methods for use thereof" was invented by Qilin Liao (Lewisville, Texas) and Shawn Wells (Lewisville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions of Beta-aminoisobutyric acid (BAIBA), and methods of using the same to achieve a physiological objective, are provided. Compositions of BAIBA having enantiomeric purity, in which a selected proportion of the BAIBA is L-Beta-aminoisobutyric acid (L-BAIBA) and/or a selected proportion of the BAIBA is D-Beta-aminoisobutyric acid (D-BAIBA), are also...