ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,444, issued on April 7, was assigned to Suntory Holdings Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Beer-flavored beverage" was invented by Takaho Okajima (Tokyo), Taichi Maruhashi (Tokyo), Takako Inui (Osaka, Japan), Takeshi Kumagai (Tokyo), Yuichi Kato (Tokyo) and Takamasa Hasegawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a beer-taste beverage comprising 1000 ppb by mass or less of 4-vinylguaiacol, having an ethyl n-butyrate content of 140 ppb by mass or more, and comprising at least one lactone selected from Gamma-decanolactone and Gamma-undecalactone, wherein a ratio of the content (unit: ppb by mass) of ethyl n-butyrate to the total content...