ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,148, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to PSIGRYPH INC. (Waterloo, Canada).

"Plant tissue-derived nanoparticles and food powders" was invented by Gopinadhan Paliyath (Waterloo, Canada), Krishnaraj Tiwari (Mont Royal, Canada), Julieta Correa-Betanzo (Toronto), Priya Padmanabhan (Waterloo, Canada), Nagisa Nosrati (Guelph, Canada) and Marica Bakovic (Guelph, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are nanoparticles including self-assembled cellular components derived from a homogenized plant tissue. Also provided are food powders and other related compositions. Methods for preparing such nanoparticles and food powders, as w...