US Patent Issued to FIRMENICH on July 8 for "Shelf stable powdered composition" (American, Chinese, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,711, issued on July 8, was assigned to FIRMENICH SA (Satigny, Switzerland).

"Shelf stable powdered composition" was invented by Jian Zhang (Plainsboro, N.Y.), Rutger Van Sleeuwen (Plainsboro, N.Y.), Amanda Schober (Plainsboro, N.Y.), Brian MacDougall (Plainsboro, N.Y.), Fei Frank Zhang (Shanghai) and Pierre-Etienne Bouquerand (Meyrin, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a shelf stable powdered composition. More particularly, the composition includes a natural emulsifier, a carrier including inulin having a degree of polymerization equal or less than 15, and an active ingredient including a flavor or a perfum...