US Patent Issued to Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology on Feb. 24 for "Microcapsules containing natural oil and preparation method therefor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,716, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Microcapsules containing natural oil and preparation method therefor" was invented by Sun Woong Kang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hye Eun Shim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to microcapsules comprising natural oil and, more specifically, to microcapsules which contain gelatin, natural polymers, oil, and an oil thickener and have enhanced mechanical properties, and a preparation method therefor. The microcapsules comprising natural oil according to the present invention have...