ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,608, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Pathway Intermediates Ltd. (Shrewsbury, Great Britain).

"Stable liquid animal feed ingredient" was invented by Evelien Johanna Marinus Jochems (Gorinchem, Netherlands) and Martinus Adrianus Gertrudus Jansen (Gorinchem, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stable liquid ingredient composition for liquid animal feed, which is stable from 0 to about 40deg C. and also forms a stable dispersion in water. The composition includes oleyl lactylate and salts thereof (OL), and a further lactylate selected from lauroyl lactylate and salts thereof (LL), or a mixture of lauroyl lactylate and myristo...