ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,919, issued on May 20, was assigned to Valio Ltd (Helsinki).

"Whey preparation obtained by cavitation and uses thereof" was invented by Kirsi Rajakari (Espoo, Finland) and Paivi Myllarinen (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for microparticulating of an ideal whey protein in a solution. The present invention relates also to microparticulated ideal whey protein preparation. In addition, the present invention relates to use of the microparticulated ideal whey protein preparation in milk based products and/or dairy products. Further, the present invention relates to a milk based product an...