ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,454, issued on March 18, was assigned to GIVAUDAN SA (Vernier, Switzerland).

"Perfume compositions" was invented by Christian Quellet (Bienne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are encapsulated perfume compositions showing improved balance between storage stability in consumer products and perfume diffusivity from intact microcapsules deposited on substrates (so-called pre-rub performance), the compositions comprising a combination of long chain aldehydes having 10 carbon atoms or more and/or tertiary alcohols having 10 carbon atoms or more, in combination with blooming perfume ingredients."

The patent was filed ...