US Patent Issued to ASAHI SOFT DRINKS on June 17 for "Carbonated beverage" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,186, issued on June 17, was assigned to ASAHI SOFT DRINKS Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Carbonated beverage" was invented by Naruko Kanazawa (Moriya, Japan), Hirofumi Kubota (Moriya, Japan) and Yumeko Hayashi (Moriya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a carbonated beverage containing 0.25 to 2.0 ppm of Alpha-bisabolol, and a carbonated beverage containing 0.5 to 4.0 ppm of sabinene. Further, the present invention also provides a method for improving the carbonation sensation of a carbonated beverage, the method including adding at least one flavoring selected from the group consisting of Alpha-bisabolol and sab...