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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:
Aug. 30, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
William W Kaleda, Westwood, NJ (US);
Fouad Z Saleeb, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Bary L Zeller, Mahopac, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Foods Corporation, White Plains, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426271 ; 426422 ; 426427 ; 544274 ;
Abstract
A method of decaffeination wherein a caffeine-containing coffee extract solution is contacted with caffeic acid in the presence of water. The caffeine and the caffeic acid form an insoluble caffeine/caffeic acid complex wherein the complex is separated from the coffee extract solution.