ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,972, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Compagnie Gervais Danone (Paris).

"Reduced carbohydrate dairy products" was invented by Casey McCormick (Fresno, Calif.), Thierry Saint-Denis (Westfield, N.J.), Melissa McCarthy (Greenwich, Conn.), Paola Flabbi (Madrid) and Jose Maria Carles Piqueras (Madrid).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to methods for making strained acidic, for example fermented, dairy products having reduced carbohydrates, compositions comprising strained acidic, for example fermented, dairy products having reduced carbohydrates, and methods for using such compositions, as well as products generated us...