ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,233, issued on April 7, was assigned to ISP INVESTMENTS LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Fat and/or wax activated by means of the water-insoluble fraction of Carica papaya sap" was invented by Corinne Coquet (Cipieres, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for obtaining the water-insoluble fraction of Carica papaya sap, enriched with Carica papaya lipase, the water-insoluble fraction obtainable by this method, a method for the preparation of an activated fat and/or an activated wax by means of said water-insoluble fraction of the Carica papaya sap, the activated fat and/or the activated wax capable of being ...