ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,969, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to AQUAFOOD AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Fish oil recovery from aquatic biomass" was invented by Mehdi Abdollahi (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Ingrid Undeland (Molndal, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for recovering fish oil from aquatic biomass under cold conditions, the method comprising the steps of; providing an aquatic biomass; producing a minced aquatic biomass by mincing the aquatic biomass; providing an aqueous suspension of the minced aquatic biomass by mixing and/or homogenizing the minced aquatic biomass in an aqueous solution; adjusting the pH of said aqueous suspension to an ...