US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on July 15 for "Soft oral product" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,019, issued on July 15, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Soft oral product" was invented by Munmaya K. Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Va.) and Georgios D. Karles (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a polymer matrix and one or more flavorants and/or active ingredients embedded in the polymer matrix. The polymer matrix can include a copolymer of ethylene and one or more vinyl monomers or zein. For example, the polymer can be ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and/or ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer. In some cases, ...