ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,572, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to DESMET BELGIUM (Zaventem, Belgium).
"Versatile method for purifying glyceridic materials" was invented by Wim De Greyt (Sinaai, Belgium), Antonios Papastergiadis (Veltem-Beisem, Belgium) and Bogumila Wozniak (Berchem, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a method for the purifying of low-quality glyceridic material usually unfit for use as feed or food. The method includes a thermal treatment of the low-quality glyceridic material and chemical treatments. The purified oils and fat are suitable feed-stock or suitable components thereof for a hydrogenation processes yield...