US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on Feb. 17 for "Infant nutrition with hydrolyzed protein, ionic calcium and palmitic acid" (American, Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,925, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Infant nutrition with hydrolyzed protein, ionic calcium and palmitic acid" was invented by Randi Kline (Malvern, Pa.) and Jonathan O'Regan (Cork, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition for use in formulae for infants or young children comprising partially hydrolysed protein, ionic calcium and an oil mix comprising palmitic acid esterified to triacylglycerols wherein the palmitic acids esterified in the sn-2 position of triacylglycerols in an amount of at least 20% by weight of total palmitic a...