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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:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo, Okayama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 3/00 ;
Abstract
A hard candy with a relatively-high moisture and hardness, and process of the same. The levels of moisture and hardness are respectively from about 3.5% to about 10%, and at least 4.0 kg as a penetration strength when measured by a rheometer. The hard candy is characteristic of a relatively-high transparency, insubstantial stickiness to the teeth, and lesser stimulation to the teeth.