ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,616, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to N.V. Nutricia (Zoetermeer, Netherlands).

"Protein compositions with high isoelectric proteins" was invented by Vaida Urbonaite-Zuke (Utrecht, Netherlands) and Aveenash Bala (Utrecht, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is in the field of protein compositions, in particular protein compositions for infant milk formula. The protein compositions according to the invention comprise whey protein, casein and high isoelectric point proteins, such as those having an isoelectric point of at least 6.0. The present invention further relates to the uses of the protein composition...