US Patent Issued to Firmenich on Sept. 8 for "Process for making flavor and fragrant compounds" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,387, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Firmenich SA (Satigny, Switzerland).

"Process for making flavor and fragrant compounds" was invented by Fredi Bruhlmann (Geneva) and Rebecca Buller (Wadenswil, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods of producing hexenols including: a) contacting a hydroperoxide of a polyunsaturated fatty acid with a modified hydroperoxide lyase to form a hexenal; and b) reducing the hexenal to a hexenol in the presence of a hydride donor, a ketoreductase, and a co-factor, where the contacting and reducing steps are carried out at essentially the same time in the substantial abse...