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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:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Joo H. Song, Chicago, IL (US);
Holly A. Knutsen, Palos Park, IL (US);
Kevin B. Broderick, Berwyn, IL (US);
Donald A. Seielstad, Frankfort, IL (US);
Inventors:
Joo H. Song, Chicago, IL (US);
Holly A. Knutsen, Palos Park, IL (US);
Kevin B. Broderick, Berwyn, IL (US);
Donald A. Seielstad, Frankfort, IL (US);
Assignee:
WM, Wrigley Jr. Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Flavor releasing structures for chewing gum have about 30% to about 60% thermoplastic cellulose material, about 5% to about 50% non-cellulosic thermoplastic polymer, and about 10% to about 40% porous flavor reservoir material. Optionally the flavor releasing structure may comprise about 5% to about 25% plasticizer. The cores may be coated with a flavor barrier coating.