ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,610, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to ONE IDEA LLC (Merced, Calif.).

"Protection of polyunsaturated fatty acids from ruminal degradation" was invented by Juan Pablo Russi (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of preparing rumen-protected lipid-soluble nutritional supplements for use in ruminant feeds by inducing the Maillard reaction between a reducing carbohydrate source and de-oiled lecithin in the presence of a lipid-soluble fraction containing one or more lipid-soluble nutritional supplement compounds under reduced pressure conditions. Lipid-soluble nutritional supplement compounds may include lipid-s...