ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,933, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Savor Foods Ltd. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Fat formulations" was invented by Kathleen Alexander (San Jose, Calif.), Ian Salmon McKay (San Jose, Calif.), Nikifar Lazouski (San Jose, Calif.) and Aleesha Slattengren (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An animal fat functional analogue (e.g., mimic) can include a gapped formulation of interesterified triglycerides that include saturated fatty acids. The animal fat functional analogue can have thermal properties (e.g., melting point, solid fat content, specific heat, etc.), rheological properties (e.g., viscosity), organoleptic properties (e...