ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,360, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Mizkan Holdings Co. Ltd. (Aichi, Japan).

"Acetic acid bacteria-containing composition" was invented by Wakana Yamanaka (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acetic acid bacteria-containing composition comprising nonanal and methylheptenone, and having a peak area ratio of nonanal to methylheptenone (nonanal:methylheptenone), as determined by stir bar sorptive extraction thermal desorption gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SBSE-GC/MS), of 1:10 to 100:1."

The patent was filed on April 18, 2022, under Application No. 17/723,123.

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