US Patent Issued to Firmenich on May 13 for "Antagonists of T2R54 and compositions and uses thereof" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,396, issued on May 13, was assigned to Firmenich Inc. (Plainsboro, N.J.).

"Antagonists of T2R54 and compositions and uses thereof" was invented by Joseph R. Fotsing (San Diego), Andrew Patron (San Diego), Guy Servant (San Diego), Lan Zhang (San Diego), Mark Williams (San Diego), Qing Chen (San Diego), Kenneth Simone (San Diego), Vincent Darmohusodo (San Diego), Chad Priest (San Diego), Melissa S. Wong (San Diego) and Thomas Brady (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally provides compounds that antagonize certain T2R taste receptors, including related uses, methods, and compositions for the reduction ...