ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,203, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"Substituted 4-methylene-tetrahydropyrans, 4-methyl-dihydropyrans and 4-methyl-tetrahydropyrans and use thereof as aroma chemicals" was invented by Miriam Bru Roig (Lampertheim, Germany), Florian Garlichs (Lampertheim, Germany), Manuel Danz (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Ralf Pelzer (Lampertheim, Germany), Helmut Kronemayer (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, 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 present invention relates to substituted 4-methylene-te...