Flavors, flavor modifiers, tastants, taste enhancers, umami or sweet tastants, and/or enhancers and use thereof

US8124121B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SENOMYX, INC. · US

Inventors

• Catherine Tachdjian · San Diego, US
• Andrew Patron · San Marcos, US
• Sara L. Adamski-Werner · San Diego, US
• Farid Bakir · San Diego, US
• Qing Chen · San Diego, US
• Vincent Darmohusodo · Encinitas, US
• Stephen T. Hobson · Belcamp, US
• Xiaodong Li · Bellevue, US
• Ming Qi · Phoenixville, US
• Daniel H. Rogers · San Diego, US
• Marketa Rinnova · San Diego, US
• Guy Servant · San Diego, US
• Xiao-Qing Tang · San Diego, US
• Mark Zoller · San Diego, US
• David Mark Wallace · San Diego, US
• Amy Xing · San Diego, US
• Klaus Gubernator · Del Mar, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 23, 2008
• Grant date: Feb 28, 2012
• Expiry date: Feb 26, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2333/726
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the discovery that certain non-naturally occurring, non-peptide amide compounds and amide derivatives, such as oxalamides, ureas, and acrylamides, are useful flavor or taste modifiers, such as a flavoring or flavoring agents and flavor or taste enhancer, more particularly, savory (the “umami” taste of monosodium glutamate) or sweet taste modifiers, —savory or sweet flavoring agents and savory or sweet flavor enhancers, for food, beverages, and other comestible or orally administered medicinal products or compositions.