ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,477, issued on May 13, was assigned to FIRMENICH SA (Satigny, Switzerland).
"Process for making flavor and fragrant compounds" was invented by Fredi Bruhlmann (Geneva) and Rebecca Buller (Wadenswil, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the production of aromatic hexanols and compositions containing them. In particular provided herein are methods of producing hexenols comprising: a) contacting a hydroperoxide of a polyunsaturated fatty acid with a modified hydroperoxide lyase to form a hexenal; and b) reducing the hexenal to a hexenol in the presence of a hydride donor, a ketoreductase, and a co-...