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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:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Naturin GmbH & Co., Weinheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/314 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/314 ;
Abstract
A black edible flat film based on collagen with a wall thickness of up to 40 microns that comprises (a) a collagen substrate, and (b) at least one black pigment and wherein the concentration of said pigment is between 2% and 40% by weight based on dry collagen in order to meet the requirements of suppleness and non-transparency. These films are useful in the manufacture of foodstuffs having a black outer coating.