ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,506, issued on March 17, was assigned to Sensient Colors UK Ltd (King's Lynn, Great Britain).
"Use of encapsulated natural colors" was invented by Michael John Pembery (King's Lynn, Great Britain) and Alejandro Burgos Cara (Granada, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Use of an encapsulated natural color for coloring a household, industrial or institutional (HI&I) product wherein the encapsulated natural color is stable in water to simulated solar irradiation at 765 Watt in accordance with International Commission on Illumination 85 (1989, Table 4, 3 mm window glass) reference sun for a period of between 8 hours and 16 hours."
The...