ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,235, issued on July 15, was assigned to DAESANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for producing branched dextrin with improved white turbidity" was invented by Min Su Kim (Icheon-si, South Korea), Ju Yeol Lee (Icheon-si, South Korea), Han Joong Ryu (Icheon-si, South Korea), Kyoung Ok Park (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Hak Jun Kim (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for producing branched dextrin, the method comprising steps of: adding heat-resistant alpha-amylase to a starch suspension, heating the mixture at 85deg C. to 115deg C. to perform a liquefaction reaction, immediately heating the mix...