ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,662, issued on July 7, was assigned to Pure Brands Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Collagen beverage composition for nutritional consumption with neutral to basic pH and low detectability" was invented by John Vianney Heffernan Jr. (Powder Springs, Ga.), Brandon Gerberich (Rahway, N.J.) and Robert Alix (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to embodiments, a beverage composition for human, animal, or other organism consumption includes water and a collagen protein in an amount of about 6 to about 40 grams per liter. The beverage composition has a pH of about 4.6 to about 11.0, and the beverage composition has a viscosity of about...