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Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 11, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventor:

Rudy J. Wojtecki, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 5/20 (2016.01); B01J 20/12 (2006.01); B01J 20/26 (2006.01); A23F 5/22 (2006.01); A23F 3/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 5/273 (2016.08); A23F 3/385 (2013.01); A23F 5/223 (2013.01); B01J 20/12 (2013.01); B01J 20/261 (2013.01); B01J 20/262 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A process of forming a treated clay composition, a process of decaffeination, and a treated clay composition are shown. The process of forming the treated clay composition includes providing a first solution of caffeine molecules and non-caffeine molecules, extracting the caffeine molecules to form a pretreatment solution, and bringing a clay composition into contact with the pretreatment solution to form the treated clay composition, on which at least one of the non-caffeine molecules is adsorbed. The process of decaffeination includes providing a solution of caffeine and non-caffeine molecules, and bringing the solution into contact with a treated clay composition. The treated clay composition includes organic molecules adsorbed on mineral layers of a clay. The organic molecules are non-caffeine molecules from a pretreatment solution.


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