Patents by Inventor Anne Francoise Violette Briend

Anne Francoise Violette Briend has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • INSTANT BEVERAGE PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20130280396
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an instant beverage powder and, more particularly, to an instant soluble beverage powder which forms foam on its upper surface when reconstituted with water. The powder has a foaming porosity of at least 35% an open pore volume of less than 3 ml/g and a closed pore average diameter D50 of less than 80 micrometres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Boehm, Daniel Paul Donhowe, Patricia Ann Mathias, Xiaoping Fu, Joseph Bernard Rechtiene, Ulrich Kessler, Mathalai Balan Sudharsan, Helene Michele Jeanne Chanvrier, Anne Francoise Violette Briend, Stefan Schenker
  • INSTANT BEVERAGE PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20120121789
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an instant beverage product with good foaming and/or dissolution properties, wherein a layer of porous base powder is sintered while gas is forced through the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Anne Francoise Violette Briend, Mathalai Balan Sudharsan, Ulrich Kessler, Laurent Josef Henry Lach, Vincent Daniel Maurice Meunier, Helene Michele Jeanne Chanvrier, Jeremie Cartier, Dietrich Koch, Guido Sutter, Jean-Louis Duffey
  • INSTANT BEVERAGE PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20110039007
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an instant beverage powder and, more particularly, to an instant soluble beverage powder which forms foam on its upper surface when reconstituted with water. The powder has a foaming porosity of at least 35% an open pore volume of less than 3 ml/g and a closed pore average diameter D50 of less than 80 micrometres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Boehm, Daniel Paul Donhowe, Patricia Ann Mathias, Xiaoping Fu, Joseph Bernard Rechtiene, Ulrich Kessler, Mathalai Balan Sudharsan, Helene Michele Jeanne Chanvrier, Anne Francoise Violette Briend, Stefan Schenker