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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:
Oct. 04, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael E Augustine, Decatur, IL (US);
Jane L Dunn, Decatur, IL (US);
Donald W Lillard, Decatur, IL (US);
Carol A O'Brien, Decatur, IL (US);
Walter C Yackel, Decatur, IL (US);
Assignee:
Staley Continental, Inc., Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426639 ; 426640 ;
Abstract
A sweetened fruit having a low water activity relative to its moisture content is prepared by bathing a dry fruit in an aqueous sugar solution having about 70 to 95 weight percent sugar, at least about 75 weight percent of which is fructose.