ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,935, issued on May 20, was assigned to MORISHITA JINTAN Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Three-layered capsule constructed with non-hydrogenated oil and production thereof" was invented by Kentaro Nagae (Hirakata, Japan) and Hisaaki Hatanaka (Hirakata, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is to inhibit the cracks of the protective layer when producing the three-layered capsules and to solve the problems of cracks when producing and storing in the cooled condition to provide a three-layered capsule and a production thereof without suck generation of cracks.The present invention provides a three-layered capsule which com...