ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,043, issued on March 17, was assigned to OMNIACTIVE HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Mumbai, India).

"Xanthophyll composition comprising lutein and zeaxanthin with enhanced bioavailability" was invented by Sunil Kumar T.K. (Pune, India), Pravin Nalawade (Pune, India), Jangir Mohan Lal (Pune, India), Abhijeet Morde (Pune, India) and Ravindra Thakare (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a xanthophyll composition comprising selective isomers of trans-R,R lutein and trans-R,R zeaxanthin in preferred particle size and pharmaceutically and/or nutraceutically acceptable excipients such as carriers, solubili...