ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,837, issued on July 1, was assigned to Roquette Freres (Lestrem, France).

"Composition comprising textured leguminous proteins" was invented by Thomas Buche (Quiestede, France), Charlotte Dlubak (Estaires, France) and Andre Engel (Vreeland, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a composition comprising leguminous proteins textured in a dry process, to a method for the production thereof and to the use thereof."

The patent was filed on Dec. 12, 2019, under Application No. 17/309,632.

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