Patents Represented by Attorney Arthur L. Liberman

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  • Method for repelling aedes aegyptae using carbocyclic ketones, aldehydes and esters
    Patent number: 5447714
    Abstract: Described is an insect repellent candle containing a candle base and intimately admixed therewith an insect repelling quantity of at least one composition selected from the group consisting of:(i) mixture of aldehydes defined according to the structure: ##STR1## containing from 60-40 mole percent of the compound having the structure: ##STR2## and from 40-60 mole percent of the compound having the structure: ##STR3## and (ii) ketone having the structure: ##STR4##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignees: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., The University of Florida
    Inventors: Anna B. Marin, Craig B. Warren, Jerry F. Butler
  • Method of controlling viscosity of fabric softeners
    Patent number: 5447644
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for controlling the viscosity of fabric softener compositions to thereby improve shelf life by first forming a microemulsion of a perfume and a surfactant by mixing a perfume and a surfactant at a temperature where each component is in the liquid state. Sufficient shearing forces are used to uniformly disperse the perfume in the surfactant to form a stable microemulsion of said perfume in said surfactant. The microemulsion is then mixed with a fabric softener base formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Guenin, Leslie C. Smith
  • Housefly, horn fly, and mosquito repellents and apparatus useful in testing efficacy of same
    Patent number: 5441988
    Abstract: Described is a method of repelling insects by utilizing as active insect repellent ingredient 2,4-dimethyl-4-phenyl-1-butanol or .alpha.-terpinyl methyl ether (ORANGE FLOWER ETHER).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignees: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., The University of Florida
    Inventors: Jerry F. Butler, Anna B. Marin, Craig B. Warren, Richard A. Wilson, Braja D. Mookherjee
  • Use of alkyl cyclopentanone and phenyl alkanol derivative-containing compositions for repelling blood feeding arthropods and apparatus for determining repellency and attractancy of semiochemicals against and for blood feeding arthropods
    Patent number: 5439941
    Abstract: Described is an insect repelling detergent tablet consisting of(A) a polymeric core containing a microporous polymer containing in the interstices thereof an effective insect repelling amount of a composition of matter selected from the group consisting of (i) a mixture of an alkylcyclopentanone-derivative and cycloalkanol-derivatives, and (ii) a mixture of penyl alkanol-derivative and cycloalkanol-derivatives, and(B) a detergent composition coated on the polymeric core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignees: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., The University of Florida
    Inventors: Jerry F. Butler, Craig B. Warren, Anna B. Marin, Braja D. Mookherjee, Richard A. Wilson
  • Method for determining the hardness of fragrance containing polyurethane foams
    Patent number: 5436276
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for controlling the hardness of a polyurethane foam by introducing an aroma chemical into the reaction mixture to form a polyurethane foam according to a desired hardness to be attained. The aroma chemical can be selected based on the empirical formula:log.sub.e (hardness of foam)=1.87(polarity/molecular weight).sup.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
    Inventor: Charles E. J. Beck
  • Methyl, substituted propyl-substituted pentamethyl indane derivatives, processes for producing same and perfumery uses thereof
    Patent number: 5426255
    Abstract: Described are processes for preparing methyl, substituted propyl-substituted pentamethyl indane derivatives using as a starting material the mixture of compounds defined according to the structure: ##STR1## also known as GALAXOLIDE.RTM. (trademark of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.). Also described are mixtures of methyl, substituted propyl-substituted pentamethyl indane derivatives with other musk chemicals including but not limited to GALAXOLIDE.RTM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Assignee: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Sprecker, Olivier J. Gillotin
  • Fermentation process for preparing phenylacetic acid using phenylalanine as a starting material
    Patent number: 5420022
    Abstract: Described is a process for preparing phenylacetic acid using phenylalanine as a starting material by means of first culturing one or more organisms from the genus Pseudomonas or from the genus Comamanas or mutants thereof; then intimately contacting the organism culture with racemic phenylalanine or L-phenylalanine or a mixture thereof in the presence of a gaseous oxygen-containing composition such as air and in aqueous media; and finally recovering phenylacetic acid from the fermentation broth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamad I. Farbood, Robert W. Blocker, Lynda B. McLean, Lewis G. Scharpf
  • House fly, horn fly, and mosquito repellents and apparatus useful in testing efficacy of same
    Patent number: 5417009
    Abstract: An apparatus for trapping insects having a radiation means and a semiochemical attractant means such that insects enter an air stream and are carried into a housing to trap them. The device further contains radiation pulsing means and a power supply to power a motor which drives a propeller to induce a flow of air into the trap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignees: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., The University of Florida
    Inventors: Jerry F. Butler, Anna B. Marin, Craig B. Warren, Richard A. Wilson, Braja D. Mookherjee
  • Fluidizing spray chilling system for producing encapsulated materials
    Patent number: 5417153
    Abstract: A toroidal sparger is disclosed for use in a fluidized spray chilling system for the production of encapsulated flavoring and coloring agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
    Inventors: Chwan-Kong King, Chee-Teck Tan, Lewis G. Scharpf, Jr., David P. O'Chat, Marvin Schulman
  • Use of alkyl cyclopentanone and phenyl alkanol derivative-containing compositions for repelling blood feeding arthropods and apparatus for determining repellency and attratancy of semiochemicals against and for blood feeding arthropods
    Patent number: 5409958
    Abstract: Described is a method for repelling at least one of the insect species:(a) Musca domestica L. (Diptera:Muscidae);(b) Aedes aegypti;(c) Aedes albopictus;(d) Anopheles spp.(e) Coquillettidia perturbans;(f) Culiseta spp.;(g) Culex spp.;(h) Psorophora spp.;(i) Culicoides spp.; and/or(j) Lutzomyia spp.for a finite period of time from a three dimensional space comprising the step of exposing the three dimensional space to an insect species (as named above) concentration and quantity of an alkylcyclopentanone having the structure: ##STR1## or a phenylalkanol derivative having the structure having the structure: ##STR2## or mixtures of one of the above compounds with mixtures of cycloalkanol derivatives produced according to U.S. Pat. No. 4,275,251 issued on Jun. 23, 1981.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignees: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., The University of Florida
    Inventors: Jerry F. Butler, Craig B. Warren, Anna B. Marin, Braja D. Mookherjee, Richard A. Wilson
  • Insect attractant compositions and methods for using same
    Patent number: 5401500
    Abstract: Described is a method of attracting Musca domestica L. (Diptera:Muscidae) using benzoin and/or dimethyl benzyl carbinyl acetate. The attractants taken alone or in combination find utility primarily as bait enhancers for acute toxins and/or trapping devices. The above-stated attractants are described to be useful as such are contained in a polymer which can be a biodegradable polymer, such as compositions containing a major proportion of poly (epsilon caprolactone) homopolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignees: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., The University of Florida
    Inventors: Craig B. Warren, Jerry F. Butler, Richard A. Wilson, Braja D. Mookherjee, Leslie C. Smith, Anna Belle Marin
  • 1-phenyl-1-cyano-C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 alkanes, organoleptic uses thereof and process for preparing same
    Patent number: 5389608
    Abstract: Described are 1-phenyl-1-cyano-C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 alkanes defined according to the structure: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents hydrogen or methoxy with the proviso that when R.sub.1 is methoxy, R.sub.2 is hydrogen and when R.sub.2 is methoxy, R.sub.1 is hydrogen; and wherein X is C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 straight chain or branched chain alkylene and uses thereof in augmenting, enhancing or modifying perfume compositions, perfumed articles and colognes. Also described is a process for preparing such 1-phenyl-1-cyano-C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 alkanes by means of reacting benzyl cyanide with an aldehyde or ketone and then hydrogenating the resulting product using a supported palladium catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony T. Levorse, Marie R. Hanna, Charles E. J. Beck, Kathleen E. Boardwick
  • Method for repelling Aedes aegyptae using oxy-substituted carbocyclic compounds
    Patent number: 5387418
    Abstract: Described is a method for repelling Aedes aegyptae comprising exposing a three dimensional space inhabited by Aedes aegyptae to an Aedes aegyptae-repelling effective concentration and quantity of TONKA LACTONE.TM. and insect repelling devices containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignees: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., The University of Florida
    Inventors: Anna B. Marin, Craig B. Warren, Jerry F. Butler
  • Process for preparing mixture of trimethyl and dimethylmethylene propyl polyhydropyrans, products produced thereby perfumery uses of such product
    Patent number: 5378685
    Abstract: Described is a process for preparing trimethyl and dimethylmethylene propyl polyhydropyran derivatives including compounds defined according to the structure: ##STR1## which defines a mixture wherein in the mixture, in each of the compounds one of the dashed lines is a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon single bond as well as the compound having the structure: ##STR2## products produced thereby; perfumery uses of such products; process intermediates of such process including compounds defined according to the structures: ##STR3## wherein X represents chloro or bromo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Sprecker, Robert P. Belko, Marie R. Hanna
  • Methyl, substituted propyl-substituted pentamethyl indane derivatives, processes for producing same and perfumery uses thereof
    Patent number: 5376630
    Abstract: Described are methyl, substituted propyl-substituted pentamethyl indane derivatives defined according to the structure: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents hydroxyl or methyl; R.sub.2 represents hydrogen, chloro or OR.sub.6 ; and R.sub.3 represents hydrogen or methyl with the provisos:(i) when R.sub.1 is hydroxyl, R.sub.2 is hydrogen and R.sub.3 is methyl; and(ii) when R.sub.1 is methyl, one of R.sub.2 is chloro or OR.sub.6 and R.sub.3 is hydrogenand wherein the structure represents a mixture wherein in the mixture in one of the compounds R.sub.4 and R.sub.4 ' are both methyl (about 90% by weight); and in the other compounds one of R.sub.4 or R.sub.4 ' is methyl and the other is ethyl (about 10% by weight of the compounds); and wherein R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Sprecker, Olivier J. Gillotin
  • Apparatus and method to provide bag-in-a-box system
    Patent number: 5373872
    Abstract: A fitment device is disclosed to be used with a "bag-in-a-box" packaging system. The fitment connects the bag with a valve system and contains a removable diaphragm. The diaphragm is opened by operating a snaring tool which pulls on a tab to tear out the diaphragm. A method of assembling the device with the entire system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
    Inventor: Alfred F. Mueller
  • Reduced reaction product of protonic acid catalyzed reaction of methyl ethyl ketone and benzaldehyde and perfume uses thereof
    Patent number: 5372995
    Abstract: Described is a two-step process for producing phenyl- and cyclohexyl-substituted oxybutane derivative-containing mixtures of our invention by means of first reacting methyl ethyl ketone with benzaldehyde in the presence of a sulfonic acid catalyst to produce a mixture of phenyl pentenone derivatives; and then hydrogenating the resulting mixture of phenyl pentenone derivatives in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, as well as the product produced thereby; and perfumery uses thereof for augmenting, enhancing or imparting aromas in or to perfume compositions, colognes and perfumed articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Sprecker, Richard A. Weiss, Marie R. Hanna
  • Treating a meaty flavored foodstuff with a combination of a sclareolide and aconitic or gluconic acid
    Patent number: 5372834
    Abstract: Described is the use of one or more of the acids: aconitic acid, gluconic acid and/or succinic acid taken alone or further together with sclareolide in augmenting or enhancing the organoleptic properites of foodstuffs particularly with respect to imparting a umami effect and/or imparting of mouthfeel and fullness to the flavor of foodstuffs in the absence of amino acids except sulfur-bearing amino acids, salts thereof, pyrrolidone carboxylic acid, salts thereof and nucleotides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: International Flavors & Fragances Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence L. Buckholz, Jr., Lewis G. Scharpf
  • Apparatus useful in testing efficacy of insect repellents
    Patent number: D354690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignees: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., The University of Florida
    Inventors: Jerry F. Butler, Craig B. Warren
  • Tester for insect attractancy and repellency
    Patent number: D356849
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignees: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., The University of Florida
    Inventors: Jerry F. Butler, Craig B. Warren