US Patent Issued to PureCircle Sdn. Bhd., The Coca-Cola on Oct. 14 for "Methods for purifying steviol glycosides and uses of the same" (Armenian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,753, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to PureCircle Sdn. Bhd. (Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia) and The Coca-Cola Co. (Atlanta).

"Methods for purifying steviol glycosides and uses of the same" was invented by Avetik Markosyan (Yerevan, Armenia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for purifying steviol glycosides, including Rebaudioside X, are provided herein. Sweetener and sweetened containing Rebaudioside X are also provided herein. Methods of improving the flavor and/or temporal profile of sweetenable compositions, such as beverages, are also provided."

The patent was filed on Dec. 19, 2012, under Application No. 14/362,275.

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