Patents by Inventor Eric Eichhorn

Eric Eichhorn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Enzyme-mediated process for making Amberketal and Amberketal homologues
    Patent number: 12584153
    Abstract: An enzyme-mediated method for the production of Amberketal and Amberketal homologues, the products of said method, and uses of said products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: GIVAUDAN SA
    Inventors: Eric Eichhorn, Felix Flachsmann, Andreas Goeke
  • METHOD FOR PURIFYING (-)-AMBROX
    Publication number: 20260062725
    Abstract: A method for purifying a crude flavor or perfumery or cosmetic ingredient or intermediate, for example crude (?)-Ambrox, comprising a number of washing steps, the products of said method, and uses of said product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre BARRAS, Sylvie MOREL, Eric EICHHORN
  • SHC ENZYMES AND ENZYME VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20260043058
    Abstract: Squalene Hopene Cyclase (SHC) enzymes and variants thereof and their uses for making (?)-Ambrox from homofarnesol and Ambra oxide from bishomofarnesol and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Inventors: Eric EICHHORN, Bernhard HAUER, Andreas SCHNEIDER
  • SQUALENE HOPENE CYCLASE (SHC) VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20250361536
    Abstract: Squalene Hopene Cyclase (SHC) enzymes and variants thereof and their uses for making (?)-Ambrox from homofarnesol and Ambra oxide from bishomofarnesol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Inventors: Eric EICHHORN, Christophe ULLMANN
  • Squalene hopene cyclase (SHC) variants
    Patent number: 12416027
    Abstract: Squalene Hopene Cyclase (SHC) enzymes and variants thereof and their uses for making (?)-Ambrox from homofarnesol and Ambra oxide from bishomofarnesol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignee: GIVAUDAN SA
    Inventors: Eric Eichhorn, Christophe Ullmann
  • Method for purifying (?)-Ambrox
    Patent number: 12404531
    Abstract: A method for purifying a crude flavor or perfumery or cosmetic ingredient or intermediate, for example crude (?)-Ambrox, comprising a number of washing steps, the products of said method, and uses of said product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: GIVAUDAN SA
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Barras, Sylvie Morel, Eric Eichhorn
  • Conversion of farnesylacetone to homofarnesylacetate by baeyer-villiger monooxygenase
    Patent number: 12391965
    Abstract: An enzyme-mediated method for the production of acetates as defined by formula (I), the products of said method, and uses of said products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: GIVAUDAN SA
    Inventors: Eric Eichhorn, Andreas Goeke
  • IMPROVED METHODS AND ENZYMES
    Publication number: 20250027126
    Abstract: Improved methods of making amberketal and amberketal homologues and compositions comprising same, improved squalene-hopene cyclase (SHC) enzymes to be used in said methods, nucleic acid constructs and vectors encoding said enzymes, and host cells expressing said enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Eric EICHHORN, Alessandro SCARDUA, Christophe ULLMANN
  • ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20240417409
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to sesquiterpene homologues, their use as fragrance and a method of their production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Eric EICHHORN, Thierry GRANIER
  • SOLID FORM OF (-)-AMBROX FORMED BY A BIOCONVERSION OF HOMOFARNESOL IN THE PRESENCE OF A BIOCATALYST
    Publication number: 20240401094
    Abstract: A solid form of (?)-Ambrox formed by a bioconversion process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Ghislain SANHAJI, Alix ROUSSEAUX, Sandrine NOEL, Eric EICHHORN
  • ENZYMES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240368647
    Abstract: There is provided SHC/HAC derivatives, amino acid sequences comprising the SHC/HAC derivatives, nucleotide sequences encoding the SHC/HAC derivatives, vectors comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the SHC/HAC derivatives, recombinant host cells comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the SHC/HAC derivatives and applications of the recombinant host cells comprising either SHC/HAC derivatives or WT SHC/HAC enzymes in methods to prepare (?)-Ambrox and SHC/HAC enzymes in methods to prepare (?)-Ambrox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Eric EICHHORN, Boris SCHILLING, Denis WAHLER, Laurent FOURAGE, Esther LOCHER
  • Solid form of (?)-Ambrox formed by a bioconversion of homofarnesol in the presence of a biocatalyst
    Patent number: 12084699
    Abstract: A solid form of (?)-Ambrox formed by a bioconversion process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Givaudan SA
    Inventors: Ghislain Sanhaji, Alix Rousseaux, Sandrine Noel, Eric Eichhorn
  • Enzymes and applications thereof
    Patent number: 12071645
    Abstract: There is provided SHC/HAC derivatives, amino acid sequences comprising the SHC/HAC derivatives, nucleotide sequences encoding the SHC/HAC derivatives, vectors comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the SHC/HAC derivatives, recombinant host cells comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the SHC/HAC derivatives and applications of the recombinant host cells comprising either SHC/HAC derivatives or WT SHC/HAC enzymes in methods to prepare (?)-Ambrox and SHC/HAC enzymes in methods to prepare (?)-Ambrox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: GIVAUDAN SA
    Inventors: Eric Eichhorn, Boris Schilling, Denis Wahler, Laurent Fourage, Esther Locher
  • Enzyme mediated process
    Patent number: 11965195
    Abstract: An enzyme-mediated method for the production of 3a-ethyl-6,6,9a-trimethyldodecahydronaphtho[2,1-b]furan, the products of said method, and uses of said products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GIVAUDAN SA
    Inventors: Eric Eichhorn, Felix Flachsmann
  • Method of making 2-oxygenated decalins from isoprenoids using a squalene-hopene cyclase
    Patent number: 11965202
    Abstract: A method for making 2-oxygenated decalins, and products thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GIVAUDAN SA
    Inventors: Felix Flachsmann, Eric Eichhorn
  • PROCESS OF MAKING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20240059636
    Abstract: There is provided a method for preparing homofarnesol (1), the method comprising the steps of: a) providing homofarnesylnitrile (2); b) reacting homofarnesylnitrile (2) to homofarnesic acid (3); and c) reacting homofarnesic acid (3) to homofarnesol (1), wherein the configuration of the double bonds in the compounds 1, 2 and 3 is preserved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Fridtjof SCHRÖDER, Eric EICHHORN
  • SOLID FORM OF (-)-AMBROX FORMED BY A BIOCONVERSION OF HOMOFARNESOL IN THE PRESENCE OF A BIOCATALYST
    Publication number: 20230357809
    Abstract: A solid form of (?)-Ambrox formed by a bioconversion process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Ghislain SANHAJI, Alix ROUSSEAUX, Sandrine NOEL, Eric EICHHORN
  • Solid form of (-)-Ambrox formed by a bioconversion of homofarnesol in the presence of a biocatalyst
    Patent number: 11773419
    Abstract: A solid form of (?)-Ambrox formed by a bioconversion process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Givaudan SA
    Inventors: Ghislain Sanhaji, Alix Rousseaux, Sandrine Noel, Eric Eichhorn
  • ENZYMES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230220431
    Abstract: There is provided SHC/HAC derivatives, amino acid sequences comprising the SHC/HAC derivatives, nucleotide sequences encoding the SHC/HAC derivatives, vectors comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the SHC/HAC derivatives, recombinant host cells comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the SHC/HAC derivatives and applications of the recombinant host cells comprising either SHC/HAC derivatives or WT SHC/HAC enzymes in methods to prepare (?)-Ambrox and SHC/HAC enzymes in methods to prepare (?)-Ambrox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Eric EICHHORN, Boris SCHILLING, Denis WAHLER, Laurent FOURAGE, Esther LOCHER
  • METHOD FOR PURIFYING (-)-AMBROX
    Publication number: 20230212624
    Abstract: A method for purifying a crude flavor or perfumery or cosmetic ingredient or intermediate, for example crude (?)-Ambrox, comprising a number of washing steps, the products of said method, and uses of said product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre BARRAS, Sylvie MOREL, Eric EICHHORN