ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,476, issued on June 24, was assigned to Firmenich Inc. (Plainsboro, N.J.).

"Methods for making high intensity sweeteners" was invented by Andrew P. Patron (San Marcos, Calif.), Chris Edano Noriega (San Diego), Rama Rao Manam (San Diego), Justin Colquitt (San Diego), Nathan Faber (San Diego), Helge Zieler (Del Mar, Calif.) and Justin Stege (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein include methods of making mogroside compounds, e.g., Compound 1, compositions (for example host cells) for making the mogroside compounds, and the mogroside compounds made by the methods disclosed herein, and compositions (for example, cell l...