ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,341, issued on May 27, was assigned to NUTRI'EARTH (Lille, France).
"Beetle powder and method for raising beetles comprising an ultraviolet treatment for preparing such a powder" was invented by Jeremy Defrize (Santes, France), Thomas Dormigny (Meurchin, France) and Charles-Antoine Destailleur (Emmerin, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beetle powder including a percentage by weight of vitamin D3 greater than or equal to at least 0.00001% and a percentage by weight of calcium greater than or equal to at least 0.1%, the percentages by weight being given on the total weight of the beetle powder. Additionally, a method for rearing...