ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,968, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to FIRMENICH SA (Satigny, Switzerland).
"Shelf stable spray dried particles" was invented by Valery Normand (Plainsboro, N.J.), Alison Rada (Plainsboro, N.J.), Amanda Schober (Plainsboro, N.J.), Anandaraman Subramaniam (Plainsboro, N.J.) and Robert L. Veazey (Plainsboro, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for the preparation of shelf stable dry particles that include flavours or fragrances, in which an emulsion of the flavour or fragrance, an emulsifier of a natural extract containing saponins, water and a carbohydrate carrier system is spray-dried. Also provided are shelf stable dry ...