ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 13 -- Altria Client Services, Richmond, Virginia, has been assigned a patent (No. 10,092,528, initially filed March 12, 2014) developed by four co-inventors for "application of encapsulated capsaicin and analogues thereof for controlling calorie intake." The co-inventors are Maria Gogova, Richmond, Virginia, Georgios D. Karles, Richmond, Virginia, Gerd Kobal, Sandy Hook, Virginia, and Munmaya K. Mishra, Manakin-Sabot, Virginia.

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