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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. 05, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard C Potter, Seeley Lake, MT (US);
Steven H Bixby, Lolo, MT (US);
Assignee:
Nurture, Inc., Missoula, MT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12C / ; A23J / ; A24F / ; A24F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426422 ; 426656 ; 131202 ; 131203 ;
Abstract
Bitter or otherwise undesirable compounds can be removed from beverages such as tea, coffee or wine by using a natural proteinaceous oat-derived material. This material will also remove noxious compounds such as nicotine from the smoke stream of lighted tobacco products. The liquid or gas is contacted with the material, resulting in the sequestration of the undesirable compounds within the pores of the proteinaceous material.