ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,844, issued on May 19, was assigned to BUNGE NOVENYOLAJIPARI ZARTKORUEN MUKODO RESZVENYTARSASAG (Budapest, Hungary).

"Fat spread product, process for preparing the same, and its use as table spread or in bakery" was invented by Eija Piispa (Paimio, Finland), Laszlo Hornyak (Ullo, Hungary) and Elzbieta Kozakiewicz (Mechelen, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fat spread product including: at least 5% by weight of water; and from 10% to 95% by weight of a fat composition, wherein the fat composition included: from 10% to 100% by weight of an intraesterified fat or an interesterified fat blend, including HSHO sunflower oil or a fra...