ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,520, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Suntory Holdings Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Containerized alcoholic beverage" was invented by Naoko Ochi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kazuki Yoshihara (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to improve a sensation of piquant pungency of a packaged alcoholic beverage without a significant effect on the aroma of the beverage. By adding from 1.0 to 50 ppm of Yucca saponin to an alcoholic beverage with an alcohol content of from 1 to 9.5 v/v %, a sensation of alcohol pungency in a packaged alcoholic beverage can be reduced."
The patent was filed on Sept. 9, 2020, ...