ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,285, issued on April 15, was assigned to FONTERRA CO-OPERATIVE GROUP Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Dairy product and process" was invented by Esra Cakir-Fuller (Auckland, New Zealand), Christina Anna Petronella Koot (Auckland, New Zealand), Hongping Gao (Auckland, New Zealand) and Stephen Paul Gregory (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Heat-treated, shelf-stable liquid nutritional compositions comprising whey protein and non-whey protein, and methods of producing and using these compositions. The compositions have a pH of from about 6.0 to about 8.0, a total protein content of at least about 6 g per 100 mL of the c...