ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,617, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).
"Infant formula" was invented by Carine Blanchard (Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland) and Sebastien Holvoet (Montpreveyres, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infant formula for use in preventing or reducing the occurrence of allergic sensitisation in an infant, wherein the infant formula comprises 0.8-2.5 g/L 2'-fucosyllactose (2'FL) and/or 0.05-0.2 g/L lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT)."
The patent was filed on Dec. 28, 2020, under Application No. 17/758,160.
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