US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on June 16 for "Ready-to-drink formulation" (Singaporean, Chinese, Swiss, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,208, issued on June 16, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Ready-to-drink formulation" was invented by Youyun Liang (Singapore), Mengshan Wu (Melbourne, Australia), Shuang Wu (Beijing), Edwin Ananta (Epalinges, Switzerland), Seinn Lae Waing (Singapore), Zhongwei Sun (Xiamen, China), Yuxi Deng (Bern, Switzerland) and Yi Teng Choo (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to ready-to-drink formulations, processes for making such formulations, and the use of a transglutaminase and an amylase to reduce the viscosity of such formulations."

The patent was filed on June 22,...