ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,469, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SINGAO (XIAMEN) AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Co. LTD. (Fujian, China).

"Compound formula of butyrate and derivatives thereof and benzoic acid, and preparation method therefor and application thereof as feed additive" was invented by Zhouwen Lai (Forrest Hill, New Zealand) and Liang Zhang (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses a composition of a butyrate or a derivative thereof and benzoic acid, preparation method and use as a feedstuff additive thereof, wherein the composition comprises 5 wt % to 50 wt % of the butyrate or the derivative of butyric acid, and 5...