US Patent Issued to Microcaps on Sept. 1 for "Encased oil core microcapsules" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,133, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Microcaps AG (Schlieren, Switzerland).

"Encased oil core microcapsules" was invented by Giulia Biffi (Zurich, Switzerland), Luis Rozas (Zurich, Switzerland), Nesrine Ben Hadj Youssef (Zurich, Switzerland) and Michael Diener (Zurich, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for generating capsules with a matrix shell encasing an oil core. The method includes: providing in a first chamber a core-forming emulsion of an aqueous dispersed phase in an oil phase including water and a dissolved gelation-inducing agent, and a first surfactant; providing in a second chamber a seco...