ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,755, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).
"Soluble coffee powder" was invented by Xiaoping Fu (Dublin, Ohio), Daniel Paul Donhowe (Dublin, Ohio), Julien Dupas (Savigny, Switzerland), Adrian Page (Surrey, Great Britain), Jorg Huschka (Giffers, Switzerland), Michael Edwin Mullaney (Raymond, Ohio) and John David Wood (Delaware, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a soluble beverage powder comprising dried coffee extract particles having two essentially flat surfaces and a uniform thickness. A further aspect of the invention is a process for making a free...