ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,231, issued on May 5, was assigned to Amano Enzyme Inc. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Heat coagulation gel strength regulating agent for egg white protein" was invented by Kiyota Sakai (Kakamigahara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The purpose of the present invention is to provide a technology that enables control for increasing or decreasing the heat coagulation gel strength of egg white protein, and that has little effect on taste. This heat coagulation gel strength regulating agent for egg white protein contains a protein deamidase and can control the increase or decrease of the heat coagulation gel strength of egg white protein."

The pa...