ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,698, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, Minn.).
"Wax compositions and the effect of metals on burn rates" was invented by Timothy Alan Murphy (Albertville, Minn.) and James Thomas Groce (Crystal Lake, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wax composition is disclosed, comprising a hydrogenated natural oil with (i) at least about 50 wt % of a triacylglycerol component having a fatty acid composition from about 14 to about 25 wt % C16:0 fatty acid, about 45 to about 60 wt % C18:1 fatty acid and about 20 to about 30 wt % C18:0 fatty acid, (ii) a nickel content of less than 1 ppm, and (iii) a melt point of about 49...