ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,517, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Oystershell NV (Merelbeke, Belgium).
"Soft gummy" was invented by Bart Rossel (Merelbeke, Belgium), Andre Antunes (Merelbeke, Belgium), Laurens De Schepper (Merelbeke, Belgium) and Mike Van Ganse (Merelbeke, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The current invention relates to a soft gummy for therapeutic oral use, said soft gummy comprising an outer shell encapsulating an inner liquid, wherein said outer shell comprises: (i) a pectin; and (ii) honey in an amount of at least 25 wt. % relative to the weight of the outer shell; wherein said inner liquid has a moisture content of at least 10 wt....