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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:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chyi-Cheng Chen, Wayne, NJ (US);
William Joseph Mergens, West Caldwell, NJ (US);
Mark Cordes Milbank, West Milford, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Roche Vitamins Inc., Parsippany, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23D / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 72 ; 426 73 ; 426 98 ; 426103 ; 426471 ; 426519 ; 426590 ; 426599 ; 426650 ; 424439 ; 424464 ; 424466 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a powder composition which comprises droplets of a fat soluble vitamin which droplets average about 70 to about 200 nanometers in diameter, and which are dispersed in a modified polysaccharide matrix, beverages and tablets containing the composition, and methods of making the composition.