ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,031, issued on April 29, was assigned to WELLDRINKS LTD (Borough of Lozenets, Bulgaria).

"Beverage with collagen and additional additives" was invented by Alexander Evgenievich Kamcharov (Saint Petersburg, Russia), Martin Steele (Dusseldorf, Germany), Tihomir Georgiev Yovchev (Borough of Lozenents, Bulgaria), Yavor Nikolaev Draganov (Rhodope, Bulgaria), Jurgen Pieck (Lutry, Switzerland) and Christian Schrobsdorff (Sofia, Bulgaria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage comprising a collagen hydrolysate is disclosed. Absorption of the collagen hydrolysate in the intestinal tract can be modulated depending on the molecular weight of t...