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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178147 | Coumalic acid to inhibit non-enzymatic browning in teas A tea beverage product that includes at least one tea component as well as coumalic acid or its salt to inhibit non-enzymatic browning of the tea beverage product. The tea component may be a green tea component, red tea component, black tea component, white tea comp... | 05/15/2012 |
| D658065 | Bottle | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158183 | Unsaturated acids for fading protection of colors derived from natural sources used in beverage products A beverage product that includes water, a color derived from natural sources, and a compound in an effective amount to inhibit fading of the color derived from natural sources. The compound is an unsaturated acid, and may be selected from the group consisting of mal... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158181 | Method to make steviol glycoside isomers Steviol glycoside isomers are provided having the formula: wherein R1 may be 1-β-D-glucopyranosyl or 2-(1-β-D-glucopyranosyl)-1-β-D-glucopyranosyl, and R2 may be hydrogen, 1-β-D-glucopyranosyl, 2-(... | 04/17/2012 |
| D657683 | Bottle | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153180 | Method and apparatus for making beverages A process for making stable and uniformly dispersed oil-in-water beverage emulsions is provided. The process comprises combining an oil mixture and an aqueous mixture to form a beverage pre-emulsion; in-line mixing of the beverage pre-emulsion; and homogenizing of t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8142829 | Beverage composition and method of reducing degradation of monatin A beverage comprising a first ingredient which comprises a C6-C3 phenylpropenoic carbonyl compound in an effective amount to reduce degradation of a second ingredient in the beverage, the second ingredient being monatin, and to reduce a corresp... | 03/27/2012 |
| D656010 | Container | 03/20/2012 |
| D656009 | Container | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132697 | Dispensing mechanism using long tubes to vary pressure drop A fountain-style carbonated soft drink dispenser includes a housing adapted to attach to a beverage container, an actuator for selectively opening a fluid conduit, and one or more long tubes that vary a pressure drop across the dispensing assembly and convey fluid. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8127966 | Beverage dispensing system with a head capable of dispensing plural different beverages A beverage dispensing system includes a base to which a dispensing head is removably attached without additional fasteners. Beverage-forming liquids are supplied through a plurality of separate conduits in the base. Each base conduit has a normally closed valve that... | 03/06/2012 |
| D655198 | Bottle | 03/06/2012 |
| D655123 | Beverage dispenser tower | 03/06/2012 |
| D655122 | Beverage dispenser tower | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123080 | Beverage dispensing system with a head capable of dispensing plural different beverages A beverage dispensing system includes a base to which a dispensing head is removably attached without additional fasteners. Beverage-forming liquids are supplied through a plurality of separate conduits in the base. Each base conduit has a normally closed valve that... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8113384 | Beverage dispensing system with a head capable of dispensing plural different beverages A beverage dispensing system includes a base to which a dispensing head is removably attached without additional fasteners. Beverage-forming liquids are supplied through a plurality of separate conduits in the base. Each base conduit has a normally closed valve that... | 02/14/2012 |
| D652733 | Bottle | 01/24/2012 |
| D652732 | Bottle | 01/24/2012 |
| D652726 | Bottle | 01/24/2012 |
| D652725 | Bottle | 01/24/2012 |
| D652724 | Bottle | 01/24/2012 |
| 8080191 | Extrudable polyethylene terephthalate blend A polymer blend has a base and blend components. The base and blend components could be a branched slow crystallizing PET and a faster crystallizing PET, respectively. The ratio of base and blend components result in a block copolymer, the melt processing time and b... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079495 | Beverage dispensing system with a head capable of dispensing plural different beverages A dispensing head is removably attached to a beverage dispensing system base without additional fasteners, wherein beverage forming liquids are supplied through a plurality of separate conduits in the base. Each base conduit has a normally closed valve that normally... | 12/20/2011 |
| D648222 | Bottle | 11/08/2011 |
| D646968 | Container | 10/18/2011 |
| 8028855 | Bottle display and dispenser device and method A dispenser for storing and dispensing containers having one or more passageways that provides a pathway for the containers. The dispenser includes an outlet for dispensing the containers and an inlet or opening for loading containers into the dispenser. The dispens... | 10/04/2011 |
| D646105 | Beverage dispenser tower | 10/04/2011 |
| D644859 | Gel pack for a cooler | 09/13/2011 |
| D643723 | Bottle | 08/23/2011 |
| D643646 | Cooler | 08/23/2011 |
| 7997427 | Merchandise display system A display cradle for storing and dispensing containers such as beverage cans and bottles. Containers are loaded from the rear of the display cradle onto shelves sloping downward from the back of the display cradle to the front of the display cradle. The bottom shelf... | 08/16/2011 |
| D642830 | Cooler | 08/09/2011 |
| 7972640 | Lemon/lime flavored beverages having improved stability A combination of an acidulant system and a buffer salt system is included in lemon/lime flavored beverages to achieve improved stability. The acidulant system includes citric acid and/or phosphoric acid and an additional organic acid having a smaller dissociation co... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7964232 | Steviol glycoside isomers Steviol glycoside isomers are provided having the formula: wherein R1 may be hydrogen, 1-β-D-glucopyranosyl, or 2-(1-β-D-glucopyranosyl)-1-β-D-glucopyranosyl, and R2 may be hydrogen, 1-β-D-glucopyr... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963424 | Integrated beverage and ice dispenser assembly A beverage dispenser with plural dispensing heads from which different beverages are dispensed. The dispenser has an ice bin from which ice is dispensed. A motor drives an agitator internal to the ice bin. The motor is removably attached to the ice bin by locking pi... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7931174 | Dispensing mechanism using long tubes to vary pressure drop A fountain-style carbonated soft drink dispenser includes a housing adapted to attach to a beverage container, an actuator for selectively opening a fluid conduit, and one or more long tubes that vary a pressure drop across the dispensing assembly and convey fluid. ... | 04/26/2011 |
| D636269 | Bottle | 04/19/2011 |
| D635796 | Cooler | 04/12/2011 |
| D635795 | Cooler | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918365 | Bottle display and dispenser device and method A dispenser for storing and dispensing containers has a housing with an inlet opening for loading containers into the dispenser, and an outlet opening for dispensing containers. The dispenser has a passageway connecting the inlet opening to the outlet opening that i... | 04/05/2011 |