ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,059, issued on July 28, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Oral composition with polymeric component" was invented by Anthony Richard Gerardi (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Andries Don Sebastian (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Ronald K. Hutchens (East Bend, N.C.), John Paul Mua (Advance, N.C.), Darrell Eugene Holton Jr. (Clemmons, N.C.), Christopher Keller (Advance, N.C.), Thomas H. Poole (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Dwayne William Beeson (Kernersville, N.C.), Frank Kelley St. Charles (Bowling Green, Ky.), John E. Bunch (Cary, N.C.) and Luis Monsalud (Kernersville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides oral compositi...