ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,742, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Givaudan SA (Vernier, Switzerland).

"Organic compounds" was invented by Stefan Michael Furrer (Cincinnati), Adri De Klerk (Made, Netherlands), Abdelmajid Kaouas (Utrecht, Netherlands), Jay Patrick Slack (Cincinnati) and Cornelis Winkel (Bussum, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The use of compounds according to formula (I)and with X, Y=-NH- or -O-, wherein at least X or Y is -NH-,in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or a mixture thereof, wherein is indicating a carbon-carbon single or double bond, and wherein one carbon-carbon double bond is present either at C2 or C3,the wavy b...