US Patent Issued to BASF on Feb. 17 for "1-alkoxyethyl-3-isobutyl-benzene and 1-carboxyethyl-3-isobutyl-benzene as aroma ingredients" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,420, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"1-alkoxyethyl-3-isobutyl-benzene and 1-carboxyethyl-3-isobutyl-benzene as aroma ingredients" was invented by Melanie Weingarten (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Wolfgang Siegel (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Ralf Pelzer (Lampertheim, Germany) and Miriam Bru Roig (Lampertheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presently claimed invention is directed to the use of compound of formula (I) to impart an aroma impression to a composition. The presently claimed invention also relates to a method of imparting such aroma impression. The composition...