US Patent Issued to PureCircle USA on July 14 for "Stevia flavor compositions" (Malaysian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,848, issued on July 14, was assigned to PureCircle USA Inc. (Westchester, Ill.).

"Stevia flavor compositions" was invented by Avetik Markosyan (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Saravanan A/L Ramandach (Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia), Mohamad Afzaal Bin Hasim (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Khairul Nizam Bin Nawi (Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia), Siew Yin Chow (Selangor, Malaysia) and Siddhartha Purkayastha (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Stevia flavor compositions comprising a high level of reb audioside AM (Reb AM) are described. These compositions are flavors with modifying properties, or FMPs. Using an FMP, certain flavor notes in a consumable p...