History
Beano was developed in 1990 by Alan Kligerman of AkPharma after research into gas-causing vegetables that had begun in 1981. The idea for such a product was proposed at least as early as the 1780s in Benjamin Franklin's essay "A Letter To A Royal Academy".
Its patent is owned by GlaxoSmithKline which acquired it in 2001 from Block Drug. GlaxoSmithKline is selling Beano and 16 other brands to Prestige Brands in a deal expected to take effect in 2012.
Beano received a US patent (5445957) on August 29, 1995. The estimated expiration date of this patent is December 5, 2014.
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