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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:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregg Lance Lehmberg, Somerset, NJ (US);
Sheng Xue Ma, Altamonte Springs, FL (US);
Assignee:
Thomas J. Lipton Co.,, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B / ; A23F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 52 ; 4263303 ; 426435 ; 426597 ;
Abstract
A tea concentrate prepared by enzymatic extraction of the tea leaf with a combination of cell wall lysis enzymes and tannase is disclosed where the concentrate is stabilized where necessary by xanthan gum.