ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,585, issued on March 17, was assigned to MARS Inc. (McLean, Va.).
"Crumb chocolate flavor compositions" was invented by Kristina Fricke (Freising, Germany), Peter Schieberle (Freising, Germany), John P. Munafo (Hackettstown, N.J.) and John Didzbalis (Hackettstown, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to chocolate compositions containing dry milk chocolate and extraneous flavor compositions that impart a crumb chocolate flavor to a fat-based confectionery. The extraneous flavor compositions of the present disclosure can comprise (a) a highly volatile compound, (b) a lactone compound, ...