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US0093.52008B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,352,008 B2 Rabovsky et al. (45) Date of Patent: May 31, 2016 (54) DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS AND METHODS 6,344,220 B1 2/2002 Rose etal FORTREATING PAN AND INFLAMMATION 6,358,526 B1 3/2002 Mergens et al. 6,713,096 B2 3/2004 Cho 7,138,149 B2 11/2006 Cho (75) Inventors: Alexander B. Raboysky, Idaho Falls, ID 2003. O194435 A1 10, 2003 Mercati (US); Jeremy Ivie, Ammon, ID (US); 2007. O154575 A1 7, 2007 Shimoda et al. Stephanie Nielson, Idaho Falls, ID (US) 2009,0252796 A1 10, 2009 Mazed et al. 2010, 0021533 A1 1/2010 Mazed et al. (73) Assignee: Melaleuca, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (US) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this (*) KR 10-1998-0025262 7, 1998 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 KR 10-2002-0024127 3, 2002 U.S.C. 154(b) by 1084 days. KR 10-0415826 1, 2004 KR 2004O79393 A * 9, 2004 (21) Appl. 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