ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,351, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Methods using medium chain triglycerides administered prior to a meal to decrease postprandial glucose from the meal" was invented by Bernard Cuenoud (Cully, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method reduces postprandial glucose from a meal. The method includes orally administering to an individual a composition containing medium chain triglycerides (MCT) and then subsequently orally administering the meal to the individual after the oral administration of the composition containing the MCTs and within about one hour of the oral ...