ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,765, issued on March 25, was assigned to Kate Farms Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Hydrolyzed pea protein-based nutrient composition" was invented by Richard Craig Laver (Park City, Utah), Michelle Irene Laver (Park City, Utah), Brett Holbrook Matthews (Santa Barbara, Calif.), William Bernard Pickar (Napa, Calif.), David Arthur Cole (Peoria, Ariz.), Steven Anthony Witherly (Valencia, Calif.), Caroline Hsin-Ai Witherly (Valencia, Calif.), Vanessa Laura Millovich (Carpinteria, Calif.) and Christina Guerra Phreaner (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a nutritional composition and method of usi...