The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 03, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen Thomas Beckett, Wigginton, GB;
Marina Miller, Uxbridge, GB;
Susan Grimes, Uxbridge, GB;
John Donaldson, Uxbridge, GB;
Assignee:
Nestec S. A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C13F 1/02 ; A23G 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C13F 1/02 ; A23G 3/00 ;
Abstract
A process for preparing crystalline sugar by providing a solution of a solvent and sugar, exposing the solution to a magnetic field having a strength which is sufficient to impart improvements in the processing of the sugar or the properties of the resulting crystalline sugar product, and providing conditions suitable for crystallization to obtain a substantially crystalline sugar product. The magnetic field strength is sufficient to influence at least one of morphology, size, nucleation rate or, crystallinity of the crystalline sugar product.