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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Lee J. Hamiel, Queensbury, NY (US);
Shyhyuan Liao, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Thomas E. Sox, Ambler, PA (US);
Inventors:
Lee J. Hamiel, Queensbury, NY (US);
Shyhyuan Liao, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Thomas E. Sox, Ambler, PA (US);
Assignee:
McNeil-PPC, Inc., Skillman, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J031/00 ; A23L002/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for dispensing into a liquid at least one hydrophilic substance deposited thereon including a body having at least one surface area enhancer and at least one hydrophilic substance deposited on the at least one surface area enhancer, to form a coated surface enhancer, and the body. The hydrophilic substance deposited includes a high intensity sweetener, a nutritive sweetener, a flavoring agent, a drug substance, a vitamin, a mineral, and mixtures thereof.