ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,845, issued on May 19, was assigned to J-OIL MILLS Inc. (Tokyo).

"Oil and fat composition for heat cooking" was invented by Saki Nishimura (Tokyo), Mari Nishimura (Tokyo), Masayoshi Sakaino (Tokyo), Ryo Okabe (Tokyo) and Takashi Sano (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an oil and fat composition for heat cooking that has an exceptional effect of suppressing negative aspects caused by using edible oil and fat in heat cooking, and an edible material for the same.This oil and fat composition for heat cooking contains an n-3 edible oil and fat in which the amount of n-3 fatty acid in the total amount of constituent fatty ac...