ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,701, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Oral product with nicotine and ion pairing agent" was invented by Thomas H. Poole (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Christopher Keller (Advance, N.C.), Brian Michael Keyser (Advance, N.C.) and Serban C. Moldoveanu (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides compositions configured for oral use, the compositions including at least one filler, water, a basic amine, and an organic acid, an alkali metal salt of an organic acid, or a combination thereof, wherein the organic acid has a logP value of from about 1.4 to about 8.0. At least a port...