ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,608, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.).

"Composition comprising an oil phase" was invented by Hendrikus Theodorus W M van der Hijden (Hoek van Holland, Netherlands), Jacob Nijsse (Barendrecht, Netherlands), Robert Vreeker (Melissant, Netherlands), Jan Hendrik T Verbeek (Vlaardingen, Netherlands) and Seddik Khalloufi (Gatineau, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition comprising an oil phase and a fibrous preparation of delaminated cell wall material dispersed in said oil phase, wherein the cell wall material is sourced from plant tissue, and wherein ...