ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,551, issued on March 3, was assigned to SYMRISE AG (Holzminden, Germany).

"Composition or oat extract comprising avenanthramide and Beta-glucan" was invented by Martina Herrmann (Hameln, Germany) and Holger Joppe (Dassel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates generally to a composition or an oat extract comprising at least one avenanthramide compound or an analogue thereof and at least one Beta-glucan compound at predetermined ratios and having a low salt content. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for preparing such an oat extract, an oat extract obtained by said method, and the use...