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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6504048 | Flavorant compositions The invention is related to a flavorant composition containing 1'-acetoxychavicol acetate and 1'-acetoxyeugenol acetate derivatives thereof as well as a flavorant acceptable carrier. The flavorant composition may be used for flavoring foods, beverages or ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6476252 | Flavorant compositions The invention is related to a flavorant composition containing 1'-acetoxychavicol acetate and 1'-acetoxyeugenol acetate derivatives thereof as well as a flavorant acceptable carrier. The flavorant composition may be used for flavoring foods, beverages or ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6348618 | Beta-ketoester compounds The beta-ketoesters of formula I are useful as precursors for organoleptic compounds, especially for flavors, fragrances and masking agents and antimicrobial compounds.... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6326349 | Methylcyclotetradec-5-en-1-ones Disclosed are compounds of formula I having a strong musk-like odor: ##STR1## In formula I, R1 and R2 are hydrogen or methyl, with the proviso that when R1 is methyl, R2 is hydrogen, and when R1 is hy... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6325859 | Process for preparing beads as food or tobacco additive A method for preparing beads containing at least one active ingredient, such as a flavor, fragrance, vitamin, and/or coloring material, to food or tobacco products, where the active ingredient is released at a controlled rate. Discrete droplets of the act... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6306818 | Fragrance precursors The invention relates to fragrance precursors, In particular, the invention relates to the use of several classes of compounds which may act as fragrance precursors, e,g., in cosmetic products such as deodorants and antiperspirants and in laundry products... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6297211 | Odorant compositions The invention includes (6E)- and (6Z)-isomers of 3,6-dimethyloct-6-en-1-ols and 6-ethyl-3-methyloct-6-en-1-ols and their mixtures. The mixtures are free from their corresponding oct-5-ene double bond isomers. Processes of preparing odorant compositions co... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6284929 | Odorants The invention relates to compounds of the general formula ##STR1## in which R1 to R7 are, independently, H, methyl or ethyl, R8 +R9 together form methylene (--CH2 --) or a single bond, or R1 | 09/04/2001 |
| 6258854 | Ketone precursors for organoleptic compounds The invention discloses ketones of formula I: ##STR1## wherein, Y is an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, or cycloalkylalkyl, wherein each alkyl group is straight or branched and each alkyl and cycloalkyl group is saturated or unsaturated; R1... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6239314 | Odorants The invention relates to compounds of the general formula ##STR1## in which R1 to R7 are, independently, H, methyl or ethyl, R8 +R9 together form methylene (--CH2 --) or a single bond, or R1 | 05/29/2001 |
| 6238898 | Hydroperoxide lyases The present invention relates to the production of HPO lyase proteins in hosts via recombinant expression of said proteins. Recombinant HPO lyase proteins, DNA sequences encoding these proteins, vectors containing these DNA sequences and hosts containing ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6235943 | Odorants The invention relates to compounds of the general formula ##STR1## in which R1 to R7 are, independently, H, methyl or ethyl, R8 +R9 together form methylene (--CH2 --) or a single bond, or R1 | 05/22/2001 |
| 6235507 | Microbiological process for producing vanillin A microbiological process for producing vanillin and other useful products from ferulic acid is disclosed. Vanillin and guaiacol are recovered from the process using a differential pH extraction where the guaiacol is recovered at a pH of greater than 9 an... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6232487 | Carbonate precursors for organoleptic compounds The carbonates of formula I ##STR1## deliver aldehydes and/or ketones in the presence of skin bacteria, enzymes or acidic or alkaline conditions. One carbonate molecule can provide one or more different compounds.... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6222062 | Beta-ketoester compounds The beta-ketoesters of formula I are useful as precursors for organoleptic compounds, especially for flavors, fragrances and masking agents and antimicrobial compounds.... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6203839 | Flavorant compositions The invention is related to a flavorant composition containing 1'-acetoxychavicol acetate and 1'-acetoxyeugenol acetate derivatives thereof as well as a flavorant acceptable carrier. The flavorant composition may be used for flavoring foods, beverages or ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6184419 | , ଲ-unsaturated ketones The present invention relates to new ,ଲ-unsaturated ketones of formula I. The new compounds exhibit an intense, very long lasting green galbanum-type odor with fruity undertones. Compositions containing these novel compounds are also provided... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6162954 | Odorants The invention relates to compounds of the general formula ##STR1## in which R1 to R7 are, independently, H, methyl or ethyl, R8 +R9 together form methylene (--CH2 --) or a single bond, or R1... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6150145 | Process for the production of degradation products of fatty acids Fatty acid degradation products are over-produced by oxidative biochemical degradation of a plant biomass containing unsaturated fatty acids and enzymes for the degradation in the presence of additional unsaturated fatty acids. These degradation products ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6150542 | Fragrance precursor compounds for preventing human malodor The invention relates to agents preventing (the formation of) human malodor. In particular, the invention relates to the use of several classes of compounds which can act as such agents in cosmetic products, such as deodorants and antiperspirants. These c... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6147049 | Tetra-hydronaphthalenes The present invention provides compounds of formula I: ##STR1## wherein R1 is hydrogen or methyl and R2 is alkyl. These compounds are useful as fixatives in fragrance compositions. Processes of making such compounds are also pro... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6123974 | Hydroxy-methyl-hexanones as flavoring agents The present invention relates to new -hydroxyketone compositions. In particular, there is provided 3-hydroxy-5-methyl-hexan-2-one, 2-hydroxy-5-methyl-hexan-3-one and mixtures thereof. These compounds have utility as flavoring and masking agents for... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6118027 | Preparation of unsaturated aldehydes from propargyl alcohol and conjugated diolefins Unsaturated aldehydes are prepared by mixing propargyl alcohol, a catalyst and a conjugated diolefin and heating the mixture for a time and at a temperature sufficient to form an unsaturated aldehyde. The diolefin may be 2-methylpentadiene, 2(5,5 dimethyl... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6114300 | Spirocyclic compounds Spirocyclic compounds of the general formula (I) are provided which are powerful odorants. Compositions which include these compounds are also provided. They can be used, for instance, in perfumery.... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6106875 | Method of encapsulating flavors and fragrances by controlled water transport into microcapsules A method of encapsulating an amphiphilic volatile flavor or fragrance compound into a microcapsule having a hydrogel shell and an oil core. The flavor or fragrance compound in a fluid is transported into and solubilized in the core by partition coefficien... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6096918 | Aryl-acrylic acid esters The acrylic acid esters of Formula I are useful for the delivery of organoleptic compounds, especially for flavors, fragrances, masking agents and antimicrobial compounds. They can also deliver fluorescent whitening agents.... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6056949 | Aromatic granulated material The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of spherical or substantially spherical, practically dust-free aromatic and odoriferous granulated material which is free-flowing, mechanically stable and has a narrow grain-size distribution.... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6045835 | Method of encapsulating flavors and fragrances by controlled water transport into microcapsules A method of encapsulating an amphiphilic flavor or fragrance compound into a microcapsule having a hydrogel shell and an oil core. The flavor or fragrance compound is transported into and solubilized in the core by partition coefficient equilibrium using ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6043210 | Preparation of thiamacrolide compounds The invention is related to novel thiamacrolides, especially musk odorants, having extremely low threshold values, their use in functional perfumery such as fine perfumery, as well as to the preparation of thiamacrolide compounds.... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5948812 | 1,7-dioxacycloalkan-8-one compounds Disclosed are odorant compounds having 14- to 17-membered 4-methyl substituted 1,7-dioxacycloalkan-8-ones and 14- to 16-membered 1,7-dioxacycloalkan-8-ones with 4,4-dimethyl substitution. Also disclosed are methods of odorizing a substance using at least ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5929291 | Odorants The invention relates to compounds of the general formula ##STR1## in which R1 to R7 are, independently, H, methyl or ethyl, R8 +R9 together form methylene (--CH2 --) or a single bond, or R1... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5904148 | Delayed release flavorant compositions Delayed release flavorant compositions containing flavor-release additives, namely 1,2-diols of the formula ##STR1## wherein R1 is one of the radicals ##STR2## where R2 is H, lower alkyl R3, R4 are H, ... | 05/18/1999 |