ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,431, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (New York).
"Guar gum microcapsules" was invented by Takashi Sasaki (Union Beach, N.J.), Lewis Michael Popplewell (Union Beach, N.J.), Ronald Gabbard (Union Beach, N.J.), Ryan Chin (Union Beach, N.J.), Yabin Lei (Union Beach, N.J.) and Julie Ann Wieland (Union Beach, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are microcapsule compositions having a microcapsule that contains a microcapsule core and a microcapsule shell encapsulating the microcapsule core. The microcapsule has a particle size of 1 micron to 100 microns in diameter. The microcapsule core...