MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517058869 A) filed by Firmenich Sa, Satigny, Switzerland, on June 19, for 'microwave apparatus for extraction of volatiles.'

Inventor(s) include Lavoine Hanneguelle, Sophie; and Cabral Da Silva, Joao.

The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An apparatus for extracting liquid composition from organic material comprises: (i) a MW cavity (2) comprising: a MW extraction chamber (9) having an inlet opening (17a) and an outlet opening (17b) for the organic material and a collecting opening (3a) at its bottom for collecting liquid compositions, a microwave generation chamber (13), separated from the MW extraction chamber (9), (ii) at least one microwave generator (14), arranged to heat the organic material in the MW extraction chamber (9); (iii) an inlet tunnel (16a) opening into the inlet opening (17a) of the MW extraction chamber (9) and an outlet tunnel (16b) extending from an outlet opening (17b) of the MW extraction chamber (9), (iv) conveyor means (15) for transporting organic material through the inlet tunnel (16a), the MW extraction chamber (9) and the outlet tunnel (16b)."

The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 18, 2023, under International application No.PCT/EP2023/086324.

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