228 patents
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Utility
Water Filter and Filter Cartridge
16 Dec 21
A water filter cartridge includes a sediment filter, a carbon filter, and a core having a tubular body with openings that allow water to flow through the core.
Giancarlo FANTAPPIE, Steven T. JERSEY
Filed: 12 May 21
Utility
Chiller for Cooling a Beverage
9 Dec 21
A chiller for cooling a beverage includes a reservoir configured to hold a heat exchange fluid and an evaporator coil arranged within the reservoir.
Giancarlo FANTAPPIE, Francesco CAMPISANO, Paolo DIMARCO, Steven T. JERSEY
Filed: 4 Jun 21
Utility
Tuber Peeling Apparatus and Method
9 Dec 21
A method of peeling tubers includes providing a peeler device defining a cavity surrounded by a peeling mechanism, inputting tubers to be peeled into the cavity, directing electromagnetic radiation from an illumination device into the cavity, detecting electromagnetic radiation reflected into lens of a camera from tubers located in the cavity during a peeling operation by the peeling mechanism, and operating the peeler device based on the reflected electromagnetic radiation detected by the camera.
Greg Hilliard, Mick Anderson, Fred Bourg, Terry Connell
Filed: 27 Mar 19
Utility
Frontline Alerting Service Tool
9 Dec 21
An inventory tracking system includes an analytic device communicatively connected with a plurality of data sources and a field device.
Brian C. Kampe, Kimberly D. Schimick, Andrew T. Smith
Filed: 4 Jun 20
Utility
Steviol Glycosyltransferases and Genes Encoding the Same
2 Dec 21
Polynucleotides encoding corresponding polypeptides capable of glycosylating steviol at its C-19 position to produce a steviol glycoside, an expression vector including such a polynucleotide, a method for producing a steviol glycoside by culturing a recombinant host cell containing such an expression vector under conditions in which the cell expresses the UDP-glycosyltransferase from the polynucleotide, and a method for producing a steviol glycoside by contacting a composition including steviol with a recombinant UDP-glycosyltransferase.
Xu Li, Han-Yi Chen, Nickolas Anderson, Amanda Waters
Filed: 29 May 20
Utility
Method for the Storage of Potato Comprising Treatment by Ethylene and 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE
18 Nov 21
A method of storing potatoes includes providing a plurality of dormant potatoes, wherein the potatoes have been cured after harvesting; in a first treatment step, treating the potatoes with 1-methylcyclopropene by exposing the potatoes, which are at a first treatment temperature within the range of from 10 to 30° C., to 1-methylcyclopropene; storing the potatoes at a second storage temperature within the range of from 4 to 15° C.; and in a subsequent second treatment step during the storing step, treating the potatoes with ethylene by exposing the potatoes, which are at the second storage temperature, to ethylene.
Gemma A. CHOPE, Simon C. McWILLIAM, Leon A. TERRY, Katherine COOLS, Sandra LANDAHL, Roberta TOSETTI
Filed: 8 Oct 19
Utility
Compositions and Methods for Improving Taste of Non-nutritive Sweeteners
11 Nov 21
The present disclosure provides a novel sweetener composition of improved taste of the sweetener (e.g., reduced bitterness and/or astringency, and improved overall sweet quality of the composition); food and beverage products containing the same; and methods of making the same.
Damian Browne, Winsome Johnson
Filed: 23 Jul 21
Utility
Beverage Dispensing Nozzle
11 Nov 21
A beverage dispensing nozzle includes a housing having an upper end opposite a lower end, and an inlet at the upper end that is configured to be placed in communication with a source of a base liquid.
Giancarlo FANTAPPIE, Steven T. JERSEY
Filed: 7 May 21
Utility
Beverage Container
4 Nov 21
A beverage container includes a base, a sidewall extending from and integrally formed with the base, and an upper region extending from the sidewall and defining an upper opening.
Advait BHAT, Bruno TELESCA, Marc T. WIESCINSKI
Filed: 13 Jul 21
Utility
Light-weight Hot-fill Container and Methods for Making the Same
4 Nov 21
A polymer composition comprising two or more polymers may be used in preforms and containers for hot-fill beverages to increase recycled content, shelf-life of the contents, and stiffness of the container.
Advait BHAT, Anup JOSHI, Clarence SEQUEIRA
Filed: 30 Apr 21
Utility
Product Identification Systems and Methods
4 Nov 21
A method for identifying a product removed from a cabinet includes detecting visual characteristics of the product removed from the cabinet by a camera within the cabinet.
Xuejun LI, Yong Jin SEROCK, Cheuk Chi LAU
Filed: 1 May 20
Utility
Processing Aid for Extrudable Food Composition
28 Oct 21
A processing aid for an extrudable food composition includes from about 60% to about 99% by weight of at least one edible emulsifier and from about 1% to about 40% by weight of a short chain carboxylic acid.
Ximena Quintero-Fuentes, Carl Littrell
Filed: 24 Apr 20
Utility
Systems and Methods for Dispensing Consumable Products with Voice Interface
21 Oct 21
A method of dispensing a beverage from a beverage dispenser includes: detecting a user in proximity to the beverage dispenser; prompting the user to provide a first input, wherein the first input is audible; retrieving a user profile for the user based on the first input; receiving a second input from the user, wherein the second input comprises information about a beverage selection of the user, and wherein the second input is provided in a different manner than the first input; and dispensing the beverage.
Robert CRAWFORD
Filed: 3 May 21
Utility
Mouthfeel Modulation In Reduced and Sugar-free Beverages Using a Blend of Pectin and Xanthan Gum
14 Oct 21
This disclosure provides novel compositions comprising a pectin, a first xanthan gum, and optionally a second xanthan gum.
Khushal BRIJWANI, William MUTILANGI
Filed: 30 Apr 21
Utility
Aerated Food Products and Methods for Making Aerated Food Products
30 Sep 21
An aerated food product includes a base ingredient, a protein and a liquid and, in some instances, a carbohydrate source.
Maria Jose Mendizabal, Frederique Rautureau, Hector Hiram Cepeda Garza
Filed: 25 Mar 20
Utility
Resealable Closure for a Beverage Container
30 Sep 21
A closure for a beverage container that includes a base portion configured to couple to the beverage container, a top portion rotatably engaged with the base portion, the top portion comprising a drinking opening, and a central portion removably coupled to the base portion and to the top portion, wherein the central portion comprises a plug.
Jeffrey Ricardo ANEIROS, Xavier CORTADELLAS, Christopher Michael HINTERMEISTER, Sean Joseph HULS, John Lester OSTBY, David Robert SCHLESINGER, Jordan John STERANKA
Filed: 26 Mar 20
Utility
System and Method for Impulse Purchase Prompting
23 Sep 21
A system and method of prompting impulse purchases includes detecting a customer, transmitting an impulse purchase prompt to the customer, and fulfilling, in near-real time, an impulse purchase request transmitted by the customer in response to the impulse purchase prompt.
John S. Phillips, George Benjamin Mayfield
Filed: 22 Mar 21
Utility
Movable Beverage Dispensing Trolley
9 Sep 21
A service trolley for dispensing beverages includes a frame having an upper end opposite a lower end, and a tabletop arranged on the upper end of the frame.
Vipin ARORA, Rahul Sadashiv KAMBLE
Filed: 5 Mar 21
Utility
Method for Blow Molding Containers
2 Sep 21
A method for blow molding a container includes heating a central region of a preformed puck to a first temperature, and heating an annular region surrounding the central region of the preformed puck to a second temperature that is greater than the first temperature.
Advait BHAT, Girish Nilkanth DESHPANDE, David Robert MCKELVEY
Filed: 27 Feb 20
Utility
Packaged Food
26 Aug 21
A packaged food that includes a sealed bag defining therein a sealed cavity containing a food, the sealed bag being formed from a flexible packaging film that includes a monoaxially oriented polymeric layer defining a preferential tear direction extending along the film; wherein the packaging film is configured to form first and second elongate tear-away portions of the sealed bag which are on opposite sides of, and adjacent to, an elongate central portion of the sealed bag, the first and second elongate tear-away portions and the elongate central portion extending along the preferential tear direction, whereby tearing away of the first and second elongate tear-away portions along the preferential tear direction to open the sealed bag leaves the elongate central portion forming a handle portion of the opened bag.
Mike Sharpe
Filed: 19 Sep 19