ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,635, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to ISOBIONICS B.V. (Geleen, Netherlands).
"Oxidation of santalene to santalol" was invented by Dominique Callant (Geleen, Netherlands), Paul Alsters (Geleen, Netherlands), Karin Dautzenberg (Geleen, Netherlands), Angela Gonzalez De Castro (Geleen, Netherlands) and Robert Trokowski (Geleen, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process for the oxidation of santalene to santalol. The starting material is in particular a mixture comprising alpha-santalene, beta-santalene, epi-beta-santalene, trans-alpha-bergamotene and beta-bisabolene. The oxidation of the santalenes o...