MUMBAI, India, April 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517030212 A) filed by Lotte Co. Ltd., Tokyo, on March 28, for 'chocolate dough, chocolate, and chocolate confectionery.'

Inventor(s) include Muramatsu, Miki; Sameshima, Kazuki; Korenaga, Haruna; and Kato, Masaki.

The application for the patent was published on April 25, under issue no. 17/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention addresses the problem of providing chocolate having an excellent balance between a cacao sensation and a milk sensation. The problem can be solved by chocolate dough containing cacao mass, dried whole milk, cream powder, and buttermilk powder."

The patent applic...