US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on Dec. 30 for "Methods and compositions for increasing ketone bodies in animals" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,714, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Methods and compositions for increasing ketone bodies in animals" was invented by Yuanlong Pan (Chesterfield, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of increasing ketone bodies in an animal can comprise orally administering a composition to the animal, where the composition comprises medium-chain triglycerides in an amount of about 1% to about 15%, protein in amount of about 30% to 70%, fat in an amount of about 20% to about 40%, and carbohydrates in an amount of about 10% to about 25%. The composition can have a protein to carbohydra...