US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on Sept. 15 for "Compositions for use in promoting accelerated butyrate production in young children" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,186, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Compositions for use in promoting accelerated butyrate production in young children" was invented by Laurent Favre (Carrouge, Switzerland), Florence Rochat (Montreux, Switzerland) and Norbert Sprenger (Savigny, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to composition comprising 2'-FL for use in promoting accelerated butyrate production in the gut thereby preventing and/or treating a health disorder, and/or promoting a health benefit in young children consuming the composition."

The patent was filed on Dec....