ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,660, issued on June 24, was assigned to Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, Minn.).
"Frying oil maintenance" was invented by Anil Bhagwan Khare (Minnetonka, Minn.), Steven Hansen (Chanhassen, Minn.), Todd Kurth (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Kevin Wirtz (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments provide a method of frying. A method includes heating frying oil to a frying temperature and maintaining the frying oil at the frying temperature for a frying period. During the method no part of the oil exceeds 220deg C. A system for using the method of frying includes a pot for holding a frying oil, a heating element for heating t...