ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,584, issued on March 17, was assigned to Nanchang University (Nanchang, China).

"Functional edible oil, preparation method therefor and use thereof" was invented by Zheling Zeng (Nanchang, China), Guibing Zeng (Nanchang, China), Zhen Ouyang (Nanchang, China), Bo Yang (Nanchang, China), Ping Yu (Nanchang, China), Jiaheng Xia (Nanchang, China), Maomao Ma (Nanchang, China), Dongman Wan (Nanchang, China), Miao Luo (Nanchang, China), Cheng Zeng (Nanchang, China) and Xuefang Wen (Nanchang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a functional edible oil (FEO), a preparation method therefor and use thereof. The FEO is prepared by t...