ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,930, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to OLENE LIFE SCIENCES PRIVATE Ltd. (Chennai, India).

"Bioavailable turmeric composition and process for preparation thereof" was invented by Somashekara Nirvanashetty (Chennai, India), Sanjib Kumar Panda (Chennai, India) and Vivek Anand Parachur (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turmeric composition having enhanced self-dispersibility and bioavailability includes a solvent free, fresh turmeric rhizome extract and a dried turmeric rhizome extract (standardized to 35-95% total curcuminoids). The turmeric composition may be devoid of externally added excipients/bio-enhancing agents/...