ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,713, issued on July 8, was assigned to GIVAUDAN SA (Vernier, Switzerland).

"Method related to organic compositions" was invented by Dominique Lelievre (Kindhausen, Switzerland), Calice Becker (Paris) and Andreas Muheim (Waedenswil, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computer-implemented methods predict the temporal profile of at least one composition comprising a plurality of fragrance ingredients which are able to provide, fragrance, odor, or smell. The methods comprise using a processor to: retrieve a diffusion measure of how fast each fragrance ingredient diffuses into a headspace; form groups of fragrance ingredients havin...