ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,540, issued on June 10, was assigned to Oil Solutions Group Inc. (Colleyville, Texas).

"Method of using high temperature filter for edible cooking oil" was invented by James R. Wixson (Roswell, Ga.) and Howard D. Wixson (Colleyville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for filtering particulate down to 0.5 micron from cooking oil at a filtration temperature of up to 425deg Fahrenheit is provided. The method includes providing a filter having a non-woven panel of randomly oriented fibers of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) material and exposing the filter to the oil for a period of time while applying a pressure or vacuum to move...