ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,117, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to PEELON INC. (Visakhapatnam, India).

"Essential oil composition" was invented by Venkata Ravi Sankar Ummidi (Ramchandrapuram, India) and Taraka Ramji Moturu (Brussels).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An essential oil composition and a process for preparing the same is disclosed. The essential oil comprising one or more essential oils, or an extract thereof homogenized with a silane modified clay. The silane modified clay comprises a clay having hydroxyl group present thereon bonded with a silane coupling agent having a chemical formula I:R-(CH2)n-(Si)-X3 wherein: R is selected from the group consist...