ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,472, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to WHITEWAVE SERVICES INC. (Denver).
"Non-dairy creamer formulation" was invented by Brandon Eugene Bell (Denver) and James Matthew Owen (Denver).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pressurized non-dairy compositions that can be expelled from a pressurized container, typically through an actuator, into a beverage are described. Upon combining the non-dairy composition with the beverage, a portion of the non-dairy composition provides a stable foam on top of the beverage ("foaming") and a portion of the non-dairy composition is mixed into and remains in the beverage ("creaming")."
The patent was filed on ...