US Patent Issued to International Flavors & Fragrances on Aug. 4 for "Controlled release, biodegradable core-shell microcapsule compositions" (Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,459, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (New York).

"Controlled release, biodegradable core-shell microcapsule compositions" was invented by Lewis Michael Popplewell (Union Beach, N.J.), Ronald Gabbard (Union Beach, N.J.), Yabin Lei (Union Beach, N.J.), Takashi Sasaki (Union Beach, N.J.), Julie Ann Wieland (Union Beach, N.J.), Li Xu (Union Beach, N.J.), Yi Zhang (Union Beach, N.J.), Niels Akeroyd (Hilversum, Netherlands), Volkert De Villeneuve (Hilversum, Netherlands) and Rob Hunter (Hilversum, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biodegradable core-shell microcapsule composition with con...