ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,157, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Nutritional composition" was invented by Carine Blanchard (Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland), Cheong Kwet Choy Kwong Chung (Lausanne, Switzerland), Sebastien Holvoet (Montpreveyres, Switzerland) and Dominique Sandra Donnicola (Servion, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nutritional composition comprising the human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) 2'-fucosyllactose (2FL), 3'-fucosyl-lactose (3FL), 3'-sialyllactose (3SL), and lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT). The nutritional composition is useful for treating or preventing disorders associa...