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Anthocyanin-based colorant compositions and methods of use thereof
Patent number
11,986,006
Issue date
May 21, 2024
Mars, Incorporated
Thomas M. Collins
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Colorant compositions and methods of use thereof
Patent number
10,750,761
Issue date
Aug 25, 2020
Mars, Incorporated
Rebecca J. Robbins
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Hard panned coating and confection comprising the same
Patent number
10,736,334
Issue date
Aug 11, 2020
MARS, INCORPORATED
Rebecca J. Robbins
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Method of isolating blue anthocyanin fractions
Patent number
10,119,029
Issue date
Nov 6, 2018
Mars, Incorporated
Rebecca J. Robbins
C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Patent Grant
Method of isolating blue anthocyanin fractions
Patent number
9,598,581
Issue date
Mar 21, 2017
Mars, Incorporated
Rebecca J. Robbins
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Confectionery having a formed hollow section
Patent number
9,420,805
Issue date
Aug 23, 2016
Mars, Incorporated
David Pontzer
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Edibles comprising a high resolution image
Patent number
9,357,800
Issue date
Jun 7, 2016
Mars, Incorporated
Neil A. Willcocks
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Confectionery having a void formed by a forming pin
Patent number
9,078,456
Issue date
Jul 14, 2015
Mars, Incorporated
David Pontzer
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
High resolution ink-jet printing on edibles and products made
Patent number
8,414,697
Issue date
Apr 9, 2013
Mars, Incorporated
Neil A. Willcocks
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Apparatus and process for preparing confectionery having an inclusi...
Patent number
8,084,069
Issue date
Dec 27, 2011
Mars, Incorporated
David Pontzer
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus for forming contoured edible pieces
Patent number
8,037,813
Issue date
Oct 18, 2011
Mars, Incorporated
James M. Suttle
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
High resolution ink-jet printing on edibles and products made
Patent number
7,884,953
Issue date
Feb 8, 2011
Mars Incorporated
Neil A. Willcocks
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Apparatus for molding chocolate
Patent number
7,837,457
Issue date
Nov 23, 2010
Mars, Incorporated
James M. Suttle
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus for forming shaped edible pieces
Patent number
7,820,218
Issue date
Oct 26, 2010
Mars, Incorporated
James M. Suttle
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Preservation of process sensitive ingredients in an energy food pro...
Patent number
7,794,764
Issue date
Sep 14, 2010
Mars Incorporated
Edward L. Rapp
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Tasting energy bar
Patent number
7,727,566
Issue date
Jun 1, 2010
Mars, Incorporated
Edward L. Rapp
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Apparatus and process for preparing confectionery having an inclusi...
Patent number
7,621,734
Issue date
Nov 24, 2009
Mars, Incorporated
David Pontzer
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Edible inks for ink-jet printing on edible substrates
Patent number
7,597,752
Issue date
Oct 6, 2009
Mars, Incorporated
Arun V. Shastry
A21 - BAKING EDIBLE DOUGHS
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus for molding chocolate
Patent number
7,556,493
Issue date
Jul 7, 2009
James M. Suttle
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Ink-jet printing on surface modified edibles and products made
Patent number
7,500,744
Issue date
Mar 10, 2009
Mars, Incorprated
Arun Shastry
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for effective distribution and delivery of goo...
Patent number
7,272,571
Issue date
Sep 18, 2007
Mars Incorporated
Robert W. Tuttrup
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Grant
Method of embossing chocolate products
Patent number
7,223,428
Issue date
May 29, 2007
Mars Incorporated
Neil A. Willcocks
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Ink-jet printing on surface modified edibles and products made
Patent number
7,029,112
Issue date
Apr 18, 2006
Mars, Incorporated
Arun V. Shastry
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Chocolate confectionery having high resolution printed images on an...
Patent number
6,893,671
Issue date
May 17, 2005
Mars, Incorporated
Eyal M. Ben-Yoseph
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for forming multicolor registered images on ed...
Patent number
6,823,795
Issue date
Nov 30, 2004
Mars, Inc.
Neil A. Willcocks
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Methods of setting chocolate and products produced by same
Patent number
6,419,970
Issue date
Jul 16, 2002
Mars, Incorporated
Neil A. Willcocks
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Method of shaping chocolate products
Patent number
6,406,733
Issue date
Jun 18, 2002
Mars, Incorporated
Neil A. Willcocks
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Enhanced confectionery molding
Patent number
6,406,732
Issue date
Jun 18, 2002
Mars Incorporated
Ralph D. Lee
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Methods of processing chocolates at low viscosities and/or at eleva...
Patent number
6,391,356
Issue date
May 21, 2002
Mars, Incorporated
Neil A. Willcocks
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Grant
Apparatus for continuously molding chocolate products
Patent number
6,302,677
Issue date
Oct 16, 2001
Mars, Incorporated
James M. Suttle
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
Patents Applications
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Patent Application
EDIBLE INK FORMULATIONS INCLUDING SCALENOHEDRAL CALCIUM CARBONATE P...
Publication number
20230217950
Publication date
Jul 13, 2023
Mars, Incorporated
Thomas M. COLLINS
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
ANTHOCYANIN-BASED COLORANT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
Publication number
20230157330
Publication date
May 25, 2023
Mars, Incorporated
Thomas M. COLLINS
C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
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Patent Application
NOVEL PREPARATION OF FAT-BASED CONFECTIONS
Publication number
20220279809
Publication date
Sep 8, 2022
Mars, Incorporated
Armando J. CASTRO
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
SPRAY DRIED CACAO PULP
Publication number
20220279807
Publication date
Sep 8, 2022
Mars, Incorporated
Armando J. CASTRO
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
ANTHOCYANIN-BASED COLORANT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
Publication number
20210315240
Publication date
Oct 14, 2021
Mars, Incorporated
Thomas M. COLLINS
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
IMPROVED EDIBLE INK FORMULATIONS INCLUDING CALCIUM CARBONATE
Publication number
20210259275
Publication date
Aug 26, 2021
Mars, Incorporated
Thomas M. COLLINS
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
EDIBLE CONFECTIONERY COATINGS INCLUDING CALCIUM CARBONATE
Publication number
20210244043
Publication date
Aug 12, 2021
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
Brent ANDERSON
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
SUGAR COATING PROCESS AND COATED PRODUCT PRODUCED THEREBY
Publication number
20200000117
Publication date
Jan 2, 2020
Mars, Incorporated
Eyal M. BEN-YOSEPH
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
EDIBLE INK FORMULATIONS INCLUDING CALCIUM CARBONATE
Publication number
20190357561
Publication date
Nov 28, 2019
Mars, Incorporated
Thomas M. COLLINS
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
METHOD OF ISOLATING BLUE ANTHOCYANIN FRACTIONS
Publication number
20170204269
Publication date
Jul 20, 2017
Mars, Incorporated
Rebecca J. Robbins
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
COLORANT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
Publication number
20170000169
Publication date
Jan 5, 2017
Mars, Incorporated
Rebecca J. Robbins
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
HARD PANNED COATING AND CONFECTION COMPRISING THE SAME
Publication number
20160029657
Publication date
Feb 4, 2016
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
Rebecca J. Robbins
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
NATURAL BLUE ANTHOCYANIN-CONTAINING COLORANTS
Publication number
20160015067
Publication date
Jan 21, 2016
The Ohio State University
Rebecca J. Robbins
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
METHOD OF ISOLATING BLUE ANTHOCYANIN FRACTIONS
Publication number
20160017150
Publication date
Jan 21, 2016
The Ohio State University
Rebecca J. Robbins
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING CONFECTIONERY HAVING AN INCLUSI...
Publication number
20150272159
Publication date
Oct 1, 2015
Mars, Incorporated
David Pontzer
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
Information
Patent Application
HIGH RESOLUTION INK-JET PRINTING ON EDIBLES AND PRODUCTS MADE
Publication number
20130216670
Publication date
Aug 22, 2013
Mars, Incorporated
Neil A. WILLCOCKS
B41 - PRINTING LINING MACHINES TYPEWRITERS STAMPS
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Patent Application
APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING CONFECTIONERY HAVING AN INCLUSI...
Publication number
20120114804
Publication date
May 10, 2012
Mars, Incorporated
David Pontzer
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING CONTOURED EDIBLE PIECES
Publication number
20110318475
Publication date
Dec 29, 2011
Mars, Incorporated
Thomas M. Collins
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
METHOD OF COLORING PANNED CONFECTIONERIES WITH INK-JET PRINTING
Publication number
20110244089
Publication date
Oct 6, 2011
Mars, Incorporated
ARUN SHASTRY
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
HIGH RESOLUTION INK-JET PRINTING ON EDIBLES AND PRODUCTS MADE
Publication number
20110097451
Publication date
Apr 28, 2011
Mars Incorporated
Neil A. Willcocks
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
Information
Patent Application
METHODS FOR MOLDING CHOCOLATE AND REMOVING FLASH FROM CHOCOLATE PRO...
Publication number
20110027440
Publication date
Feb 3, 2011
Mars, Incorporated
James M. Suttle
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING CONTOURED EDIBLE PIECES
Publication number
20110014312
Publication date
Jan 20, 2011
Mars, Incorporated
James M. Suttle
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
Information
Patent Application
APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING CONFECTIONERY HAVING AN INCLUSI...
Publication number
20100021596
Publication date
Jan 28, 2010
Mars, Incorporated
David Pontzer
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
APPARATUS FOR MOLDING CHOCOLATE
Publication number
20090246308
Publication date
Oct 1, 2009
Mars, Incorporated
James M. Suttle
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
Information
Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFECTIVE DISTRIBUTION AND DELIVERY OF GOO...
Publication number
20070276741
Publication date
Nov 29, 2007
Mars Incorporated
Robert W. Tuttrup
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Application
Apparatus for shaping, forming or embossing chocolate products
Publication number
20070190214
Publication date
Aug 16, 2007
Mars Incorporated
Neil A. Willcocks
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
Information
Patent Application
Method of coloring panned confectioneries with ink-jet printing
Publication number
20070098859
Publication date
May 3, 2007
Mars Incorporated
Arun Shastry
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
Multicolor image optimization on edible colored products
Publication number
20070048407
Publication date
Mar 1, 2007
Thomas Collins
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Patent Application
Perimeter enhancement on edible products
Publication number
20060275528
Publication date
Dec 7, 2006
Thomas Collins
A21 - BAKING EDIBLE DOUGHS
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Patent Application
Methods and apparatus for forming shaped edible pieces
Publication number
20060210672
Publication date
Sep 21, 2006
Mars, Incorporated
James M. Suttle
A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES