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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:
Apr. 25, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Marc Meyers, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426-5 ; 426138 ; 426302 ;
Abstract
An improved chewing gum composition and methods for making same. Chewing gums are created having improved shelf life. To this end, the chewing gum is coated with an edible material that provides barrier properties, and specifically a moisture barrier. The coating can comprise: a multilayer coating of two or more materials (e.g., a layer of an edible film forming agent and a layer of wax); a single layer of material (e.g., a layer of only edible film forming agent); or an emulsion of two or more materials. A variety of different coatings are possible pursuant to the present invention.