Patents
US 12396473 B2: Dual-spray reduced sugar coating system and method
- Granted
- 2025-08-26
- Filed
- 2023-04-11 application 18133044
- Type
- Utility · 7 claims
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Abstract
A system and method for applying a reduced sugar coating to a food product is provided. The system uses separate applications (simultaneous or sequential) of a non-sucrose carbohydrate syrup from a first applicator and a sucrose syrup from a second applicator. The dual applications of the syrups are applied without an active drying step between applications. The process results in a coated food product with reduced clumping and a desired crystallized appearance even with the reduced levels of sugar.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250826.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KELLANOVA 11 patents | US company or organization | Battle Creek, MI | KELLANOVA CORPORATION State business registration FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Homan | Portage, MI | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Tamila Rena Williams | Richland, MI | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Gabriela Perez-Hernandez | Portage, MI | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A23P | Shaping or working of foodstuffs, not fully covered by a single other subclass | A23P20/18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A23G | Cocoa; cocoa products, e.g. chocolate; substitutes for cocoa or cocoa products; confectionery; chewing gum; ice-cream; preparation thereof | A23G3/0089 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A23L | Foods, foodstuffs or non-alcoholic beverages, not otherwise provided for; preparation or treatment thereof | A23L7/122 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B05C | Apparatus for applying fluent materials to surfaces, in general | B05C5/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A23V | Indexing scheme relating to foods, foodstuffs or non-alcoholic beverages and lactic or propionic acid bacteria used in foodstuffs or food preparation | A23V2002/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-11 | Name change Change of name | KELLOGG COMPANY signed 2023-09-29 | KELLANOVA BATTLE CREEK, MI | 68283/595 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2023-05-05 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HOMAN, ERIC JOSEPH signed 2019-04-02 WILLIAMS, TAMILA RENA signed 2019-04-04 PEREZ-HERNANDEZ, GABRIELA signed 2019-04-08 | KELLOGG COMPANY BATTLE CREEK, MI | 63555/30 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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