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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. 26, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Harding, Condicote Cheltenham, GB;
Neil A Willcocks, Columbia, NJ (US);
Christopher Abbott, London, GB;
Thomas M Collins, Nazareth, PA (US);
Tracey D Ziener, Bracknell, GB;
Assignee:
Mars, Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426512 ; 426515 ; 426660 ;
Abstract
This invention provides improved methods for producing molded chocolate products, fat-based confection products, particularly using substrates such as molds which have a low surface energy contacting surface.