US Patent Issued to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco on May 26 for "Tobacco-derived protein compositions" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,708, issued on May 26, was assigned to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Tobacco-derived protein compositions" was invented by Anthony Richard Gerardi (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Crystal Dawn Hege Byrd (Lexington, N.C.), Thaddeus Jude Jackson (Summerfield, N.C.), Chelsea Allison Cooke (Winston-Salem, N.C.), John-Paul Mua (Advance, N.C.) and Kyle Ford (Germanton, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure describes methods for the purification of protein-enriched extracts to provide concentrates and isolates and methods for incorporation of such materials into products. The purification methods are adapted for remova...