ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,279, issued on April 15, was assigned to DUYNIE HOLDING B.V. (Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands).

"Methods for isolating compounds" was invented by Allan Otto Fog Lihme (Farum, Denmark), Marie Bendix Hansen (Frederiksberg, Denmark) and Bodil Ingrid Kjaer Lindved (Espergaerde, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention in its broadest aspect relates to a method for reducing glycoalkaloid content and turbidity of an aqueous phase comprising compounds selected from two or more of PA, PI, PPO, LipO, pectin, lipid, glycoalkaloid and phenolic compounds of which at least one compound is selected from PA, PT, LipO and PPO; a)...