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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:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Shi-qiu Zhang, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Donald Joseph Hamm, New Providence, NJ (US);
John William Tobin, Hillsdale, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Shi-Qiu Zhang, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Donald Joseph Hamm, New Providence, NJ (US);
John William Tobin, Hillsdale, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Unilever Bestfoods, North America, division of Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention is directed to beverages with improved flavor. The beverages are not sour and have a monoprotic acidulant with a pKa of less than about 2.6 and/or a polyprotic acidulant with a pKaof less than about 2.6 and a pKaof less than about 3 or greater than about 6.