ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,452, issued on June 10, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC. (Newyork, N.Y.).

"Delivery systems and methods of preparing the same" was invented by Lewis Michael Popplewell (Union Beach, N.J.), Franklin Pringgosusanto (Union Beach, N.J.) and Lulu Henson (Union Beach, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of preparing a delivery system are described. Each method uses a first and second printing materials. The second printing material contains an active material such as a fragrance, flavor, malodor counteracting agent, and mixture thereof."

The patent was filed on March 31, 2021, under Application No. 17/219,02...