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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Saul N Katz, Monsey, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Foods Corporation, White Plains, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426428 ; 544275 ;
Abstract
The process disclosed herein is capable of decaffeinating green coffee beans at a moisture content near that employed for shipping and storage. The green coffee beans are contacted with dimethyl sulfoxide, an aprotic solvent, to remove at least a portion of the caffeine. The caffeine is preferably removed from the solvent by use of a solid adsorbent such as activated carbon.