ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,881, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to FIRMENICH SA (Satigny, Switzerland).

"Coacervate core-shell microcapsules" was invented by Jasper Van Der Gucht (Wageningen, Netherlands), Renko De Vries (Wageningen, Netherlands), Xiufeng Li (Wageningen, Netherlands), Gregory Dardelle (Satigny, Switzerland), Philipp Erni (Satigny, Switzerland), Lahoussine Ouali (Satigny, Switzerland) and Nathalie Thiebaut (Satigny, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are plant-based coacervate core-shell microcapsules, where the shell includes a plant protein extract, as well as methods and uses of the same."

The patent was filed on Ma...