MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517048062 A) filed by Firmenich Sa, Satigny, Switzerland, on May 19, for 'process for making flavanone derivatives.'

Inventor(s) include Steiner, Kerstin; and Feldmann Pretre, Nadine.

The application for the patent was published on June 6, under issue no. 23/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention generally provides a process for the preparation of a class of flavanone derivatives and their use as sweetness enhancers. In particular the present invention provides a process for making a compound of formula (I) as defined herein by reacting a precursor compound of formula (Ia) as defined her...