ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,089, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ChemoSensoryX Biosciences SA (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium).
"Olfactory receptor involved in the perception of musk fragrance and the use thereof" was invented by Sandra Huysseune (Brussels), Alex Veithen (Genappe, Belgium) and Yannick Quesnel (Wavre, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Identification of OR5A2 as an Olfactory Receptor that binds natural musk and synthetic musks and using the interaction of OR5A2 polypeptides and nitromusk, polycyclic musk, macrocyclic musk and alicyclic musks as a basis of screening assays for agents that specifically modulate the activity of the Olfactory Recept...