US Patent Issued to GREEN INNOVATION, UPM-KYMMENE on June 17 for "Use of a lignin fraction as a human and animal food supplement ingredient" (Finnish, Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,725, issued on June 17, was assigned to GREEN INNOVATION GMBH (Innsbruck, Austria) and UPM-KYMMENE Corp. (Helsinki).

"Use of a lignin fraction as a human and animal food supplement ingredient" was invented by Giuliano Leonardi (Innsbruck, Austria), Suvi Pietarinen (Helsinki) and Christian Hubsch (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The use of a lignin fraction as a human and animal food supplement ingredient, as well as food supplements comprising the same, are disclosed."

The patent was filed on Dec. 11, 2018, under Application No. 16/955,960.

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