ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,169, issued on May 13, was assigned to BASF SE.

"1-alkoxyethyl-4-isobutyl-benzene as aroma ingredients" was invented by Ralf Pelzer (Lampertheim, Germany), Wolfgang Siegel (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Miriam Bru Roig (Lampertheim, Germany), Manuel Danz (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Silke Weyland (Lampertheim, Germany), Florian Garlichs (Lampertheim, Germany), Volker Hickmann (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany) and Melanie Weingarten (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presently claimed invention is directed to the use of 1-alkoxyethyl-4-isobutyl-benzene of formula (I) to impart an aroma impression...