US Patent Issued to Conagra Foods RDM on Sept. 22 for "Liquid oil-based fat system composition for microwave popcorn" (Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,579, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Conagra Foods RDM LLC (Chicago).

"Liquid oil-based fat system composition for microwave popcorn" was invented by Steven Kaiser (Omaha, Neb.), Indarpal Singh (Omaha, Neb.) and Andrew Wassinger (Omaha, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid-oil based fat system for use in microwave popcorn products is described to prevent wicking and leaking of oil from microwave popcorn packaging. In an aspect, a microwave popcorn product includes a charge of popcorn and a slurry including a liquid-based oil, a structuring ingredient, and a seasoning for introduction to a microwave popcorn package that e...