ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,160, issued on April 14, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).
"Lipid-containing oral composition" was invented by John E. Bunch (Cary, N.C.), Anthony Richard Gerardi (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Darrell Eugene Holton Jr. (Clemmons, N.C.), Ronald K. Hutchens (East Bend, N.C.), Thomas H. Poole (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Luis Monsalud (Kernersville, N.C.), John Paul Mua (Advance, N.C.) and Frank Kelley St. Charles (Bowling Green, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a composition including a filler, a lipid having a melting point of about 29deg C. or above, water, and a flavoring agent or an active ingredient...