ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,761, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to FIRMENICH SA (Satigny, Switzerland).
"Liquid concentrate delivery system" was invented by Valerie Hewins (Plainsboro, N.J.), Lou Long-In (Plainsboro, N.J.) and Ronald Skiff (Plainsboro, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a delivery system including a non-aqueous solvent, a stabilizing agent selected from the group consisting of ester gum, sucrose acetate isobutyrate, Neobee oil, sugar alcohol, fructose and mixtures thereof, a surfactant selected from the group consisting of sucrose monoester, lecithin, modified starch, and mixtures thereof, at least one of an acid, acid salt ...