ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,382, issued on May 13, was assigned to AAK AB (PUBL) (Malmo, Sweden).

"Cocoa butter tolerant fat composition" was invented by Bjarne Juul (Hojbjerg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a fat composition comprising saturated fatty acids, symmetrical OStO triglycerides, and Sat2O triglycerides selected from StStO, StOSt, POP, PPO, POSt, StPO and/or PStO. The fat composition has a ratio between asymmetrical di-saturated triglyceride and symmetrical di-saturated triglyceride of at least 0.7. Further disclosed is a compound comprising such a fat composition and the use of such a fat composition in manufacturing of compound...