ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,346, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SILA S.R.L. (Noale, Italy).

"Granular product based on arginine" was invented by Maurizio Lorenzon (Noale, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A granular product based on arginine or the derivatives thereof, comprises an internal core in which there is substantially concentrated the arginine and a coating for covering and protecting the internal core, wherein the coating is formed by a lipidic matrix comprising a fraction by weight equal to or greater than 60% of glycerides of saturated fatty acids C16 and C18 and a fraction by weight of a mineral salt of alginate between 0.5% and 3%."

The pa...