ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,604, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SUDZUCKER AG (Mannheim, Germany).

"Method for producing a confectionery product having a sugar-free coating covering" was invented by Bernd Hasslinger (Obrigheim, Germany), David Richfield (Obrigheim, Germany) and Roland Zsembery (Obrigheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for the production of a confectionery product having a sugar-free coating covering include applying an isomalt-containing coating medium to at least one confectionery core to obtain a coating layer enveloping the core, sprinkling at least one powdered rice starch isomalt composition onto the coating layer core to...