ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,855, issued on May 20, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC. (New York).

"Stable polyurea microcapsule compositions for aldehyde fragrances" was invented by Niels Akeroyd (Bilthoven, Netherlands), Laura French (Hoboken, N.J.), Robert Allan Hunter (Ankeveen, Netherlands), Yabin Lei (Holmdel, N.J.), Lewis Michael Popplewell (Morganville, N.J.), Volkert De Villeneuve (Voorburg, Netherlands) and Clementine Marteau-Roussy (Vincennes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Stable polyurea microcapsule compositions suitable for encapsulating aldehydes with a low viscosity. Also disclosed are consumer products containing suc...