US Patent Issued to Viramal on Aug. 25 for "Method of preparing a gelling agent, the gelling agent obtained thereby, and the use of said gelling agent" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,668, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Viramal Ltd. (London).

"Method of preparing a gelling agent, the gelling agent obtained thereby, and the use of said gelling agent" was invented by Finn Larsen (Hawick, Great Britain) and Oliver Bates (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of preparing a gelling agent, the gelling agent obtained thereby, and the use of said gelling agent The present invention relates to a method of obtaining a novel gelling agent. Said method comprises adding ethylcellulose, to a mixture of propyleneglycol laurate and propyleneglycol isostearate at a temperature of between 90deg C. and 110deg C. The me...