US Patent Issued to DSM IP ASSETS on July 15 for "Use of alpha lipoic acid as a feed additive for aquatic animals" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,006, issued on July 15, was assigned to DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (Heerlen, Netherlands).

"Use of alpha lipoic acid as a feed additive for aquatic animals" was invented by Elisabeth Aasum (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland), Ralph Bickerdike (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland), David Christian Martin (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland) and Viviane Verlhac (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the use of alpha lipoic acid as feed additive for aquatic animals including fish and shrimp, especially for cold water fish as for example salmon, bream, bass and for warm water fish as for example carp, tilapia, catfish. More ...