US Patent Issued to International Flavors & Fragrances on Sept. 23 for "Microcapsule compositions stabilized with viscosity control agents" (Dutch, Singaporean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,815, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (New York).

"Microcapsule compositions stabilized with viscosity control agents" was invented by Djurre Sijbren Postma (Zeewolde, Netherlands), Yabin Lei (Union Beach, N.J.), Hui Min Lee (Singapore) and Daniel Kaiping Lee (Union Beach, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are microcapsule compositions each comprising a microcapsule suspended in an aqueous phase and a viscosity control agent, wherein the viscosity control agent is an acrylate copolymer, a cationic acrylamide copolymer, or a polysaccharide. Also disclosed are consumer products co...