ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,838, issued on June 10, was assigned to DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (Heerlen, Netherlands) and EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH (Essen, Germany).

"Polyunsaturated fatty acid containing food ingredient with enhanced palatability and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Tanya Frances Macgillivray (Nova Scotia, Canada), Jennifer Yvonne May (Nova Scotia, Canada), Michael L. Stefanski (Winchester, Ky.), Nasrin Tabayehnejad (Lexington, Ky.), Jonathan Wesley Wilson (Blacksburg, Va.) and Stephanie Lanoue Kassner (Columbia, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a refined PUFA oil with an enhanced palatability comparing to the same...