US Patent Issued to Deutsches Institut fur Lebensmitteltechnik on April 22 for "Device and process for the production of fine fat particles" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,355, issued on April 22, was assigned to Deutsches Institut fur Lebensmitteltechnik e.V. (Quakenbruck, Germany).

"Device and process for the production of fine fat particles" was invented by Bernhard Hukelmann (Quakenbruck, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and to a process which can be carried out using the device, for the production of fine particles from a liquid which solidifies upon cooling, in particular from liquid fat. The process has the advantage of producing fine particles of very small size, preferably with narrow size distribution. The device has the advantage that a solidifying liquid can be supplied at a t...