ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,921, issued on April 21, was assigned to J-OIL MILLS INC. (Tokyo).

"Emulsified composition" was invented by Koji Sagara (Tokyo), Junko Arai (Tokyo) and Chihiro Ishikawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An emulsified composition containing methyl cellulose, a starch material, edible oil or fat, and an emulsifying material containing protein. The starch material is a component (A) which is a powdery material satisfying (1) a starch content is 75% by mass or more, (2) 3-45% by mass of a low molecular weight starch (a peak molecular weight of equal to or more than 3x103 and equal to or less than 5x104) including 5% by mass or more ...