ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,158, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Givaudan SA (Vernier, Switzerland).

"(S,Z)-3,7-dimethylnon-6-en-1-ol and its use as fragrance" was invented by Kimberly Geoghegan (Kemptthal, Switzerland), Marc Liniger (Embrach, Switzerland) and Fridtjof Schroder (Hettlingen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound according to formula IIa, which is (S,Z)-3,7-dimethylnon-6-en-1-ol and its use as fragrance."

The patent was filed on April 6, 2021, under Application No. 17/905,876.

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