ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,310, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Takasago International Corp. (Tokyo).
"Fragrance or flavor composition" was invented by Hisashi Mihara (Kanagawa, Japan), Yukari Kuwahara (Kanagawa, Japan), Azusa Miki (Kanagawa, Japan), Tsuyoshi Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kenya Ishida (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a fragrance or flavor composition comprising a fragrance or flavor component acting on at least one olfactory receptor polypeptide selected from the group consisting of (a) OR2C1 and OR4Q3, and (b) polypeptides which comprise an amino acid sequence sharing an identity of at leas...