ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,003, issued on July 15, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).
"Soluble instant coffee and process for preparation" was invented by Deepak Sahai (Plain City, Ohio), Amrit Maharaj (Dublin, Ohio), Rachid Rahmani (Marysville, Ohio), Marc Raederer (Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland), Stefan Palzer (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Herve Crosnier (Savigny, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a dried coffee powder obtainable by a process comprising membrane filtration of a low temperature extract of roasted and ground coffee beans to reduce the concentration of low molecular...