US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on March 31 for "Nutritional composition comprising a combination of human milk oligosaccharides to improve the gastrointestinal barrier" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,106, issued on March 31, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Nutritional composition comprising a combination of human milk oligosaccharides to improve the gastrointestinal barrier" was invented by Clara Lucia Garcia-Rodenas (Forel, Switzerland), Jane Mea M Natividad (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Andreas Rytz (Carrouge, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to nutritional compositions comprising 2'-Fucosyllactose (2'FL), Di-fucosyllactose (DiFL), Lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), Lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), 3'-Sialyllactose (3'SL) and 6'-Sialyllactose (6'SL) for use in impro...