ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,101, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Velocity Life Sciences LLC (Port Jefferson, N.Y.).

"Compositions containing short-chain fatty acid, methods of use, and methods of making thereof" was invented by Bruce W. Kneller (Howell, N.J.), Brandon S. Sojka (Port Jefferson, N.Y.) and Timothy N. Ziegenfuss (Chardon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food product comprises L-lysine butyrate. The food product does not contain gluten and is not a baked product. Alternatively, the product is an oral dosage form comprising 25 mg to 5.0 g L-lysine butyrate. The oral dosage form is a tablet, a capsule, or a sealed packet containing powder. In a...