Patents Assigned to Firmenich SA
  • Hybrid microcapsules
    Patent number: 11396001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of formaldehyde-free organic-inorganic microcapsules, comprising a hydrophobic active ingredient-based core, preferably a perfume or a flavour, and a shell comprising inorganic particles consisting of non-chemically surface modified inorganic particles. Microcapsules obtained by said process are also an object of the invention. Consumer products comprising said capsules, in particular perfumed consumer products in the form of home care or personal care products, are also part of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Yongtao Wu, Lahoussine Ouali
  • Isomerisation reaction
    Patent number: 11390575
    Abstract: Described herein is a process including isomerizing the ? position of a ?-trisubstituted C3-C70 carbonyl compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: FIRMENICH SA
    Inventors: Lionel Saudan, Julie Quintaine
  • FRAGRANCE DISPENSING EMANATING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20220193296
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of perfumery. In particular, the present disclosure provides fragrance dispensing emanating substrate and related methods for dispensing fragrance oil or liquid fragrance material into an ambient environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Jermaine DUNBAR, Gerald ALLISON, Nicholas O'LEARY
  • Fruity odorant
    Patent number: 11352314
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that are useful as perfuming ingredients of the fruity type. Formula (I) is in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or of a mixture thereof, wherein R1 represents a C1-3 alkyl or alkenyl group, R2 represents a methyl or ethyl group, R3 represents a C1-4 alkyl or alkenyl group, and the compound (I) has from 8 to 12 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: FIRMENICH SA
    Inventors: Christian Vial, Roger Leslie Snowden
  • FAT BLENDS, EMULSIONS THEREOF, AND RELATED USES
    Publication number: 20220167642
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to fat blends, emulsions of fat blends (such as water-in-oil fat blends), and uses thereof. In certain embodiments, certain water-in-oil emulsions disclosed herein can be suitably used to improve the organoleptic properties, the perceived texture, the perceived juiciness, or the mouthfeel of various foods, pet foods, or feed products, such as meat analogue products. In certain aspects, the disclosure also relates to the use of the water-in-oil emulsion disclosed herein as a partial or full replacement of animal in various foods, pet foods, or feed products. In certain aspects, the disclosure also relates to methods of preparing water-in-oil emulsions and various food products comprising such water-in-oil emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Philipp ERNI, Mark RUBIN, Howard MUNT, Robert WAGNER, Mirela PASCU
  • Method for producing albicanol compounds
    Patent number: 11345907
    Abstract: Described herein is a method of producing a drimane sesquiterpene, such as an albicanol compound and/or derivatives thereof, by contacting at least one polypeptide with farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) with a polypeptide of the Haloacid dehalogenase-like (HAD-like) hydrolase superfamily as obtainable from plants of the genus Dryopteris, in particular of the species Dryopteris fragrans. The method may be performed in vitro or in vivo. Also described herein are amino acid sequences of polypeptides useful in the methods and nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides described. Also described herein are host cells or organisms genetically modified to express the polypeptides and useful to produce a drimane sesquiterpene such as an albicanol compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Didier Belorgey, Xiu-Feng He, Qi Wang, Lily Ji-Xiu Zhang
  • Cleavable surfactant
    Patent number: 11344493
    Abstract: Cleavable surfactants of formula (I) having a total hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) of between 3 and 18 and wherein A is a group capable of releasing a flavor or fragrance aldehyde of formula (R1)CHO or a flavor or fragrance ketone of formula (R1)(R2)CO and is of formula wherein the wavy line indicates the location of the bond between L and A; R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom or a saturated or unsaturated C1-C18 hydrocarbon group, provided that at least one of the R1 or R2 groups has 6 consecutive carbon atoms and that both R1 and R2 taken together comprise a maximum of 18 carbon atoms; and L is a linear, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated C3 to C40 hydrocarbon group. These surfactants solubilize and/or stabilize flavor and fragrance aldehydes and ketones in an aqueous environment and at the same time to control their release by hydrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: FIRMENICH SA
    Inventors: Eric Lutz, Nicolas Giuseppone, Andreas Herrmann, Vera Tchakalova, Daniel Benczedi
  • Process for drying a suspension of hydrogel microcapsules
    Patent number: 11344054
    Abstract: Described herein is a new process for the preparation of powdered microcapsules encapsulating active volatile active ingredients, in particular a perfume or a flavour, the process being performed at room temperature. Powdered microcapsules obtainable by the process are also described. Perfuming and flavouring compositions as well as consumer products including the capsules are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Gregory Dardelle, Amal Elabbadi, Pierre-Etienne Bouquerand, Philipp Erni
  • Process for the preparation of cis-alpha,beta substituted cyclopentanones
    Patent number: 11339113
    Abstract: Described herein is a process for the preparation of a mixture of compounds of formula having a weight ratio of the cis-diastereomers to trans-diastereoisomers higher than 1:1, where R1 represents a C1-8 alkyl group, a C2-8 alkenyl group or a C2-8 alkynyl group, each optionally substituted with one or two of a C1-4 alkyl alkoxy ether group and/or a C1-4 alkyl carboxylester group and R2 represents a C1-6 alkyl, a C2-6 alkenyl or a C2-6 alkynyl group, each optionally substituted with a C1-4 alkyl alkoxy ether group, a carboxylic acid group or a C1-4 alkyl carboxylester group and compounds suitable in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Denis Jacoby, Lucia Bonomo
  • Wax formulations comprising high molecular weight synthetic linear primary alcohols
    Patent number: 11332695
    Abstract: Described herein are wax formulations and candles that contain synthetic linear primary alcohols. The wax formulations and candles exhibit one or more desirable properties, such as good flame height, good fragrance character, low mineral impurity levels and little or no discoloration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventor: Gerald Allison
  • Hydrogel beads
    Patent number: 11331639
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hydrogel beads having liquid crystalline structured phase. Process for preparing crystalline hydrogel beads is also an object of the invention. Perfuming compositions and consumer products comprising or consisting of said crystalline beads, in particular perfumed consumer products in the form of a personal care products or flavoured products, are also part of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: FIRMENICH SA
    Inventors: Vera Tchakalova, Laura Mesmin, Nathalie Thiebaut
  • Alpha alkylation of aldehyde with a polycyclic olefin
    Patent number: 11319272
    Abstract: The alpha alkylation of an aldehyde with a polycyclic olefin followed by a ring opening step is presented in order to provide a compound of formula (I) in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or a mixture thereof and where in R represents a hydrogen atom or C1-8 linear alkyl group; R1, R2, R3, and R4 represent, when taken separately, independently of each other, a hydrogen atom or a C1-2 linear alkyl group or a C3-4 linear or branched alkyl group; or R2 and R3, when taken together, represent a C4-10 linear, branched or cyclic alkanediyl group and n is 1 or 2 is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: FIRMENICH SA
    Inventors: Julie Quintaine, David W. C. MacMillan
  • POLYMETHOXYFLAVONES AND THEIR USE AS MOUTHFEEL ENHANCERS AND BITTERNESS MASKERS
    Publication number: 20220110351
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions containing: 2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-5,6,7-trimethoxychromen-4-one (“sinensetin”); 3,5,6,7,8,3?,4?-heptamethoxyflavone (“heptamethoxyflavone” or “HMF”); 2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-5,6,7,8-tetramethoxy-chromen-4-one (“nobiletin”); 5,6,7,4?-tetramethoxyflavone (“tetra-O-methylscutellarein” or “TMS”); 3,5,6,7,3?,4?-hexamethoxyflavone (“hexamethoxyquercetogetin” or “HMQ”); 5,6,7,8-tetramethoxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one (“tangeretin”); or any combinations thereof. The disclosure also provides uses of such compositions as mouthfeel enhancers or bitterness maskers of flavored articles, such as beverages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Wen-Juan XIANG, Ronald H. SKIFF, Ke HUANG, Hui-Juan ZHANG, Long CHEN
  • Taste modifying product
    Patent number: 11291231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound according to formula (I) in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or a mixture thereof, and wherein n is an integer from 0 to 2; the dotted line represents a carbon-carbon single or double bond; and each of R1 to R4, when taken independently from each other, represents a hydrogen atom or represents a R5 or OR5 group, R5 representing a C1 to C5, or even a C1 to C3, alkyl group; and optionally one of the groups R1 to R4 represents —OH; and/or when R1 and R2 are taken together, and/or R3 and R4 are taken together, represent a OCH2O group, provided said groups taken together are adjacent substituents of the phenyl group; as an ingredient to confer, enhance, improve or modify the kokumi or umami taste of a flavored article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Eric Frerot, Kasia Aeberhardt
  • Methods of producing sesquiterpene compounds
    Patent number: 11293040
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing one or more sesquiterpene compounds comprising: contacting an acyclic FPP precursor with a polypeptide having terpene synthase activity, wherein the polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence that has at least 55% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1, to produce one or more terpenes selected from the group consisting of isovalencene, spirovetiva-1(10),7(11)-diene and valencene or derivatives thereof, or mixture of sesquiterpenes comprising one or more of isovalencene, spirovetiva-1(10),7(11)-diene and/or valencene; and optionally isolating the one or more terpenes or the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: FIRMENICH SA
    Inventors: Michel Schalk, Letizia Rocci
  • Phloretin
    Patent number: 11291235
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of reducing the off-taste of a food or beverage wherein the off-taste is selected from the group consisting of licorice, astringency, bitterness and sweet lingering comprising adding about 10 to about 40 ppm, phloretin to the food or beverage wherein the phloretin is provided in the substantial absence of a bitterness-masking aroma substance selected from the groups consisting of homoeriodictylol, homoeriodictyol sodium salt, homoeriodictylol potassium salt or mixtures thereof and wherein the phloretin does not significantly enhance the sweetness of the article or composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Maxime Delattre, Jean-Luc Gelin, Long In Lou, Ronald H. Skiff
  • Process for preparing microcapsules
    Patent number: 11291969
    Abstract: Described herein is a process for preparing microcapsules. More particularly, the process is characterized by the fact that it requires limited amounts of water for preparing microcapsules. Microcapsules obtainable by the disclosed process as well as consumer products including those microcapsules are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: FIRMENICH SA
    Inventors: Lahoussine Ouali, Marlène Jacquemond
  • Method for producing albicanol and/or drimenol
    Patent number: 11293037
    Abstract: Described herein is a method of producing a drimane sesquiterpene such as albicanol, drimenol and/or derivatives thereof by contacting at least one polypeptide with farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) with a polypeptide comprising a Haloacid dehalogenase (HAD)-like hydrolase domain and having bifunctional terpene synthase activity. The method may be performed in vitro or in vivo. Also described herein are amino acid sequences of polypeptides useful in the methods and nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides described. The described method further provides host cells or organisms genetically modified to express the polypeptides and useful to produce a drimane sesquiterpene such as albicanol, drimenol and/or derivatives thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: FIRMENICH SA
    Inventors: Michel Schalk, Pauline Anziani, Christian Goerner, Daniel Solis Escalante
  • FRAGRANCE COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20220096355
    Abstract: The various aspects presented herein relate to the field of perfumery. In particular, the present disclosure provides compositions having an increased and/or improved long-lastingness and/or fragrance profile. In addition, the present disclosure provides methods of using such compositions to increase and/or improve the long-lastingness and/or fragrance profile of a fragrance composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Addi FADEL, Valery NORMAND, Artem KIRSHON, Nicholas O'LEARY, Arnaud STRUILLOU
  • GLUCOSYLATED TERPENE GLYCOSIDES
    Publication number: 20220079196
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of improving the taste profile of a glucosylated terpene glycoside (GTG).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Wen-Juan XIANG, Dan-Ting YIN, Olivier HAEFLIGER