ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,051, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Englewoods Cliffs, N.J.).
"Food article" was invented by Zhe Huo (Shanghai), Yan Liang (Shanghai), Ao Shu (Shanghai), Anna Wong (Shanghai), Houyu Xie (Shanghai), Tanja Grudke-Katschus (Heilbronn, Germany), Anja Kunkel (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 process for producing a food article consisting of an edible composition having an elongated member extending therefrom, the edible composition having a water content of less than 5 wt. %. The present invention also relates an edible compositio...