ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,912, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).
"Coating made of cookie dough, production of a coating made of cookie dough, confectionary coated with cookie dough, and process of making confectionary coated with cookie dough" was invented by Guillermo E. Napolitano (Bakersfield, Calif.) and Sravanti Paluri (Bakersfield, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for coating a frozen confectionary includes a fat blend containing (i) an emulsifier that is preferably lecithin, (ii) at least one hardening fat that is preferably one or more of palm oil, palm oil mid fractions, or palm...