ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,070, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ALFRED-WEGENER-INSTITUT HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUER POLAR- UND MEERESFORSCHUNG (Bremerhaven, Germany).

"Method for producing caviar or a caviar-like product from live mature eggs of fish or crustaceans" was invented by Angela Koehler-Guenther (Taarstedt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing caviar or a caviar-like product from live, mature eggs of fish or crustaceans, wherein the eggs are in a fertile but unfertilized state and have a natural potassium content in the egg plasma, includes: treating the eggs in a saline solution which does not damage the eggs and subsequently ...