ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,971, issued on May 27, was assigned to RAREBIRD INC. (San Francisco).

"Coffee bean compositions comprising paraxanthine and methods for their production" was invented by Jeffrey Dietrich (San Francisco), Maddison Kylie Gurrola (San Francisco), Amanda Jacklyn Grace Sinrod (San Francisco) and Edwin Yparraguirre Palang (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein include caffeinated, partially decaffeinated, and decaffeinated paraxanthine beverages, coffees and paraxanthine coffee beverages. Also provided are methods for the production of caffeinated, partially decaffeinated, and decaffeinated paraxanthine beverages...