Abstract: A Squalene Hopene Cyclase (SHC) isolated from Gluconobacter morbifer is provided as are variants and a method for using the G. morbifer SHC to biocatalytically convert homofarnesol to ambroxan.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 26, 2018
Date of Patent:
August 17, 2021
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
Inventors:
Thomas Shaw Moody, Iain Robert Miskelly, Derek John Quinn
Abstract: The present invention is an ethyl vanillin and/or vanillin friable shell-core microcapsule composition prepared by combining ethyl vanillin or vanillin with preformed friable shell-core microcapsules for a time sufficient for the ethyl vanillin or vanillin and microencapsulates to interact. Wash off consumer products and a method for depositing ethyl vanillin or vanillin on a surface are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 16, 2019
Date of Patent:
August 10, 2021
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
Inventors:
Joseph Brain, Robert Muir, Tamara Wynn Hopkins
Abstract: Stable polyurea microcapsule compositions suitable for encapsulating aldehydes with a low viscosity. Also disclosed are consumer products containing such a composition and its preparation methods.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 26, 2019
Publication date:
August 5, 2021
Applicant:
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
Inventors:
Niels AKEROYD, Laura FRENCH, Robert Allan HUNTER, Yabin LEI, Lewis Michael POPPLEWELL, Volkert DE VILLENEUVE, Clementine MARTEAU-ROUSSY
Abstract: A microencapsulated delivery system, composition or method is disclosed in which one or more agents to be delivered are encapsulated in small capsules (e.g., microcapsules), and the capsules are applied or adhered to one or more surfaces of a substrate. The encapsulated agent is latently released upon exposure to appropriate conditions.
Abstract: The use of a secoiridoid glucoside or a polyphenol compound to enhance the sweetness, mask the bitter off-taste and/or improve the flavor perception of a sweetness modifier and to decrease the amount of a sweetness modifier used in a consumable is provided.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 11, 2019
Publication date:
June 17, 2021
Applicant:
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
Inventors:
Ajay Pratap SINGH, Hassan Mustaq UBAIDEEN, Xiao-Qing TANG, Michelle Eve HUBER, Thumpalasseril V. JOHN
Abstract: Disclosed are methods of preparing unsaturated carbocyclic compounds through dehydrogenation of corresponding saturated carbocyclic compounds.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 15, 2017
Date of Patent:
June 1, 2021
Assignee:
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
Inventors:
Sunitha Rao Tadepalli, Alan Stuart Goldman, Xiaoguang Zhou, Geatesh Karunakaran Tampy, John Cherkauskas
Abstract: Recombinant microorganisms, plants, and plant cells are disclosed that have been engineered to express a mutant AROM polypeptide and/or mutant catechol-O-methyltransferase polypeptide alone or in combination with one or more vanillin biosynthetic enzymes or UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs). Such microorganisms, plants, or plant cells can produce vanillin or vanillin beta-D-glucoside.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 9, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 18, 2021
Assignees:
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC., EVOLVA SA
Inventors:
Joergen Hansen, Esben Halkjaer Hansen, Honey Polur, Joseph M. Sheridan, Jonathan R. Heal, William D. O. Hamilton
Abstract: Synthetic methods of preparing perhydro-3,6-dimethyl-2-benzo[b]furanones, in particular dihydromintlactone, and analogs through reaction of dehydrogenation of menthanediols and analogs with a base in the presence of (carbonylchlorohydrido[bis-(2-diphenylphosphinoethyl)amine]ruthenium(II) as catalyst in good stereoselectivity and yields under stereochemistry controlled conditions are disclosed.
Abstract: Methods of preparing a delivery system are described. Each method uses a first and second printing materials. The second printing material contains an active material such as a fragrance, flavor, malodor counteracting agent, and mixture thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 25, 2016
Date of Patent:
May 4, 2021
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
Inventors:
Lewis Michael Popplewell, Franklin Pringgosusanto, Lulu Henson
Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds and their use as fragrance materials.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 22, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 20, 2021
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
Inventors:
Anubhav P. S. Narula, Richard A. Weiss, Hugo Robert Germain Denutte, Johan Smets, Philip John Porter, Freek Annie Camiel Vrielynck, Koen Van Aken, Bart Antoon Judith Ruttens
Abstract: Disclosed are fragrance accords each containing (i) at least 7 wt % of one or more Class 1 fragrance ingredients, (ii) 5 to 85 wt % of one or more Class 2 fragrance ingredients, and (iii) 0 to 80 wt % of one or more Class 3 fragrance ingredients. The Classes 1, 2, and 3 fragrance ingredients are defined by experimental velocity. Also disclosed are delivery systems and consumer products containing such a fragrance accord.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 16, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 13, 2021
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
Inventors:
Miguel A. Teixeira, Masakatsu Unno, Hendrik Helweg, Lay Meng Kay, Jung Chul Shin
Abstract: Synthetic methods of preparing perhydro-3,6-dimethyl-2-benzo[b]furanones, in particular dihydromintlactone, and analogs through reaction of dehydrogenation of menthanediols and analogs with a base in the presence of (carbonylchlorohydrido[bis-(2-diphenylphosphinoethyl)amine]ruthenium(II) as catalyst in good stereoselectivity and yields under stereochemistry controlled conditions are disclosed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 28, 2020
Publication date:
December 3, 2020
Applicant:
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
Abstract: Purified polyurea capsules that encapsulate active materials for use in personal care, fine fragrance, or deodorant products are provided as are methods for producing the same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 16, 2019
Date of Patent:
November 24, 2020
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
Inventors:
Yabin Lei, Li Xu, Carol Joyce, Lewis Michael Popplewell
Abstract: Disclosed is a microcapsule containing: (i) a microcapsule core having an active material, and (ii) a microcapsule wall formed of a first polymer and second polymer. The first polymer is a sol-gel polymer. The second polymer is gum arabic, purity gum ultra, gelatin, chitosan, xanthan gum, plant gum, carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium carboxymethyl guar gum, or a combination thereof. The weight ratio between the first and second polymer is 1:10 to 10:1. Also disclosed are processes for preparing the microcapsule and uses of the microcapsules in consumer products.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 20, 2017
Publication date:
October 1, 2020
Applicant:
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
Inventors:
John BRAHMS, Ronald GABBARD, Feng GENG, Julie Ann WELAND, Li XU, Lewis Michael POPPLEWELL