ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,854, issued on April 7, was assigned to J-OIL MILLS INC. (Tokyo).

"Method for stabilizing oil or fat composition for frying use" was invented by Yosuke Sawaragi (Tokyo), Ryuji Hori (Tokyo), Masayoshi Sakaino (Tokyo), Naruto Makita (Tokyo), Hisashi Arai (Tokyo) and Shigeo Takeuchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "[Problem] To provide: a method for improving the stability of an oil or fat composition for frying use by preventing the coloration of the oil or fat composition and also preventing the increase in an anisidine value and the decrease in the content of a tocopherol compound in the oil or fat composition when a food materi...