ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,392, issued on May 13, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.).
"Savoury composition" was invented by Luigi Carola (Elten, Germany), Tanja Grudke-Katschus (Maintal, Germany), Anja Kunkel (Heilbronn, Germany), Gila Seewi (Heilbronn, Germany) and Regine Weimar (Heilbronn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a savoury food article consisting of a solid, savoury composition having an elongate member extending therefrom, and also to a method for preparing such a savoury article and to the use of such a savoury article."
The patent was filed on Dec. 13, 2019, under Application No. 17/414,3...