ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Altria Client Services, Richmond, Virginia, has been assigned a patent (No. 10,149,850, initially filed March 12, 2014) developed by two co-inventors for "oral energy products including encapsulated caffeine." The co-inventors are Munmaya K. Mishra, Manakin-Sabot, Virginia, and Gerd Kobal, Sandy Hook, Virginia.

The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrc . . .