ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,312, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.).

"Composition in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion comprising ground white or yellow mustard seed" was invented by Sudarshi Tanuja A Regismond (Umhlanga Rocks, South Africa) and Aleksander Arie Reszka (Ridderkerk, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion, preferably a mayonnaise-type emulsion, containing ground white or yellow mustard seed and enzyme modified egg yolk. This way the amount of oil in the emulsion can be reduced, while keeping the structure of full-fat ma...