ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,941, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to ThermoLife International LLC (Signal Hill, Calif.).

"Amino acid compositions" was invented by Ronald Kramer (Signal Hill, Calif.) and Alexandros Nikolaidis (Nea Kallikratia, Greece).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solid supplement compositions are disclosed comprising at least one non-ester nitrate compound and at least one isolated amino acid compound. The at least one isolated amino acid compound is a separate compound than the at least one non-ester nitrate compound. The composition contains at least about 0.05625 mg nitrate ion (NO3-)."

The patent was filed on Jan. 17, 2025, under Applicat...