ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,736, issued on May 19, was assigned to Perstorp AB (Sweden).

"Nanoemulsions, methods of their production and related uses and products" was invented by Katrine Marie Ellemann Nielsen (Horsens, Denmark) and Jens Viggo Frambol (Skanderborg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to nanoemulsions of alkyd in aqueous liquids and e.g. nanoemulsions prepared by emulsifying an alkyd mixture in an aqueous liquid, said alkyd mixture comprising an alkyd and an unsaturated hydroxy fatty acid. The invention furthermore pertains to methods of producing the nanoemulsion, and to uses of the nanoemulsion and/or the alky...