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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:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
May. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher Michael Mickowski, Loveland, OH (US);
Jeffrey Alan Sargent, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/27 ; A23C 9/00 ; A23F 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/27 ; A23C 9/00 ; A23F 5/00 ;
Abstract
Flavored instant coffee products having a variegated appearance that contain darker colored agglomerated soluble particles containing a darker colored flavorant selected from cocoa and instant coffee agglomerated onto an edible carrier such as sugar and lighter colored agglomerated soluble particles containing a dairy or nondairy creamer and a noncoffee flavor agglomerated onto an edible carrier such as sugar, provided that when the darker colored flavorant is only cocoa, the lighter colored agglomerated particles further contain instant coffee agglomerated the edible carrier.