ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,221, issued on May 5, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA (Pretoria, South Africa).
"Lipid-modified starches" was invented by Mohammad Naushad Emmambux (Centurion, South Africa) and Humbulani Emmanuel Nekhudzhiga (Pretoria, South Africa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to lipid-modified starches. It provides a process for preparing a lipid-modified starch paste, which includes the steps of combining starch with a lipid component, the lipid component being selected from any one of monoglyceride and ascorbyl palmitate, to provide a suspension, and heat processing the suspension to form the lipid-modified st...