ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,675, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Cambridge Crops Inc. (Boston).

"Systems and methods for improving the performance of cereal using a silk fibroin solution and powders containing silk fibroin" was invented by Adam Behrens (Boston), Sezin Yigit (Arlington, Mass.), Laith Abu-Taleb (Gaithersburg, Md.), Ryan Ellis (Washington) and Jesse Groner (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to products and methods for improving the performance of cereal manufactured with silk solutions and powders containing silk fibroin obtained from silk inputs. The coatings, or otherwise incorporated silk fibroin, can be ...