ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,154, issued on March 31, was assigned to SARAYA Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Acid type sophorolipid-containing composition which is suppressed in browning" was invented by Michiaki Araki (Kashiwara, Japan) and Yoshihiko Hirata (Kashiwara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an acidic sophorolipid-containing composition with suppressed browning and a method for producing the composition. The acidic sophorolipid-containing composition with suppressed browning according to the present invention is characterized in that a filtrate of a hydrolysate of a composition containing lactonic sophorolipid and acidic ...