US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on March 17 for "Methods using administration of medium chain triglycerides (MCT) prior to a meal to increase ketone production from the MCTs" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,062, issued on March 17, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Methods using administration of medium chain triglycerides (MCT) prior to a meal to increase ketone production from the MCTs" was invented by Bernard Cuenoud (Cully, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method increases production of ketones derived from oral consumption of medium chain triglycerides (MCT) by an individual. The method includes orally administering to the individual a composition containing the MCTs and then subsequently orally administering to the individual a meal at least about ten minutes after the oral admini...