US Patent Issued to Firmenich on Sept. 22 for "Amide compounds and their use as flavor modifiers" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,581, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Firmenich Inc. (Plainsboro, N.J.).

"Amide compounds and their use as flavor modifiers" was invented by Joseph R. Fotsing (San Diego) and Melissa Sue Wong (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally provides amide compounds, including cinnamic acid amides, and the use of such compounds and related compounds as flavor modifiers. In some aspects, the disclosure provides compositions that include such amide compounds, such as compositions that include such amide compounds and one or more additional compounds, such as a sweetener, a salt, a glutamate, an arginate, a ...