ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,076, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to SYMRISE AG (Germany).

"Compositions comprising odorless 1,2-pentanediol" was invented by Ravikumar Pillai (Mahwah, N.J.), Jurgen Siewert (Rollshausen, Germany), Yonahha Sander (Hoxter, Germany), Gorsten Stephan (Holzminden, Germany), Christian Wolter (Ottenstein, Germany) and Oliver Lenz (Uslar, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Suggested is a cosmetic or pharmaceutical or detergent composition comprising 1,2 pentanediol, wherein said 1,2-pentanediol is obtained from a process comprising the following steps: (a) providing at least one starting material selected from furfuryl alcohol and fu...