US Patent Issued to BARTH-HAAS UK on May 19 for "Applications of hop acids" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,782, issued on May 19, was assigned to BARTH-HAAS UK Ltd. (Kent, Great Britain).

"Applications of hop acids" was invented by David Beddie (Kent, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to novel applications of hop acids and formulations using hop acids. More specifically, the present invention relates to formulations comprising hop acids to stabilise or emulsify hop oils or other essential oils in aqueous media. We describe an aqueous emulsifiable composition comprising 0.01-5.00 wt % of at least one essential oil and 0.005-10.0 wt % of at least one hop acid, the balance being water. We also describe...