ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,980, issued on May 13, was assigned to FutureFeed Pty Ltd. (Brisbane, Australia).
"Method for producing an Asparagopsis oil composition" was invented by Rocky De Nys (Mysterton, Australia) and Marie Elisabeth Magnusson (Tauranga, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The field of the invention relates to processes for preparing Asparagopsis oil compositions, comprising extracting at least one bioactive from a biomass of Asparagopsis into an oil to form the compositions. These compositions are suitable for reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant or pseudo-ruminant animal."
The patent was filed on De...