ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,888, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD (Muttenz, Switzerland).

"Rice bran wax oxidates with low acid value" was invented by Philipp Kratzer (Wertingen, Germany) and Manuel Broehmer (Grobenzell, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to rice bran wax oxidates with a low acid value, to a process for their production and to their use for agricultural or forestry purposes, as an additive in plastics processing, in care products, in printing inks and/or in paints, and to saponified rice bran wax oxidates produced by saponifying the claimed rice bran wax oxidates."

The patent was filed on ...