US Patent Issued to AAK on May 20 for "Wax compositions for use in candles and methods of preparing wax compositions" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,145, issued on May 20, was assigned to AAK AB (PUBL) (Malmo, Sweden).

"Wax compositions for use in candles and methods of preparing wax compositions" was invented by Sievert Jonasson (Trensum, Sweden), Krister Hed (Karlshamn, Sweden) and Staffan Norberg (Karlshamn, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wax composition is disclosed, comprising at least 70% triacylglycerols, wherein the triacylglycerols comprise 0.5 to 50 wt. % of C22 fatty acid. A method of preparing a wax composition is disclosed. A candle comprising the wax composition and a method of preparing a candle are also disclosed."

The patent was filed on Dec. 4, 2020, u...