US Patent Issued to INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS on March 4 for "Center-filled confectionery product; coated product; and methods of making" (German, Polish, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,143, issued on March 4, was assigned to INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC (East Hanover, N.J.).

"Center-filled confectionery product; coated product; and methods of making" was invented by Joern Holm Hansen (Munich), Anna Wasylewicz (Bielany Wroclawskie, Poland), Maxi Zier (Munich) and Alexis Detavernier (Zurich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are coated center-filled hard confectionery products exhibiting enhanced flavor release profiles and a multisensorial effect. The center-filled hard confectionery product comprises a center-fill region comprising an effervescent composition, at least one hard confectionery shell region...