ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,137, issued on March 24, was assigned to AQUA DESIGN INC. (Saitama, Japan) and SUCCESS PROJECT Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Apparatus for producing non-splatter cooking oil" was invented by Akihiro Kato (Yokohama, Japan) and Teruhito Irifune (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a non-splatter cooking oil even when water is mixed during heating. A magnetic field having a frequency higher than 200 kHz is applied to an edible oil."

The patent was filed on March 23, 2020, under Application No. 17/912,700.

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