Patents by Inventor Maria Velissariou

Maria Velissariou 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).

  • Patent number: 9131727
    Abstract: The present invention relates to instant acidified milk beverages and methods for producing such instant acidified milk beverages. More specifically, the present invention provides a powdered composition which can be added to a liquid milk product with minimal mixing to produce an instant acidified milk beverage having a smooth texture. Even more specifically, the powdered composition includes at least one edible monobasic salt of polyprotonic acid. The powdered composition may include a buffer salt, and other optional ingredients such as sweetener, thickener, fiber, bulking agent, anti-caking agent, fruit juice solid, flavor, and colorant, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
    Inventors: Kieran Patrick Spelman, Jimbay P. Loh, Maria Velissariou, Yeong-Ching Albert Hong
  • Patent number: 7833560
    Abstract: A beverage formulation having a beverage having caffeine wherein the beverage contains caffeine levels in the range of about 0.07 to about 0.30 mg/ml, being optically clear, and having an added aroma; and wherein the beverage comprises an extract that is derived from at least one member of the group of coffee cherry husks and coffee cherry pulp; wherein the extract is in the range of about 5 to about 30% based on standardized extract of the beverage; wherein at least a portion of the caffeine is derived from the extract; wherein the optically clear is measured by a haze value of at least below about 10; and wherein at least a portion of the added aroma is derived from aroma recovered from the extract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Kraft Foods R & D, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Velissariou, Raymond Jay Laudano, Paul Martin Edwards, Stephen Michael Stimpson, Rachel Lorna Jeffries
  • Publication number: 20100015290
    Abstract: The present invention relates to instant acidified milk beverages and methods for producing such instant acidified milk beverages. More specifically, the present invention provides a powdered composition which can be added to a liquid milk product with minimal mixing to produce an instant acidified milk beverage having a smooth texture. Even more specifically, the powdered composition includes at least one edible monobasic salt of polyprotonic acid. The powdered composition may include a buffer salt, and other optional ingredients such as sweetener, thickener, fiber, bulking agent, anti-caking agent, fruit juice solid, flavor, and colorant, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Kieran Patrick Spelman, Jimbay P. Loh, Maria Velissariou, Yeong-Ching Albert Hong
  • Publication number: 20060210689
    Abstract: A beverage formulation comprising a beverage having caffeine wherein the beverage contains caffeine levels in the range of about 0.07 to about 0.30 mg/ml, being optically clear, and having an added aroma; and wherein the beverage comprises an extract that is derived from at least one member of the group consisting of coffee cherry husks and coffee cherry pulp; wherein the extract is in the range of about 5 to about 30% based on standardized extract of the beverage; wherein at least a portion of the caffeine is derived from the extract; wherein the optically clear is measured by a haze value of at least below about 10; and wherein at least a portion of the added aroma is derived from aroma recovered from the extract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Maria Velissariou, Raymond Laudano, Paul Edwards, Stephen Stimpson, Rachel Jeffries
  • Patent number: 6838110
    Abstract: An instant dry mix composition produces a beverage having a two-toned foam on the surface upon reconstitution in a hot liquid. The composition includes a foaming creamer for producing a foam layer and a separately enclosed quick dissolving or dispersing flavor/color component and optional sweetener component. The density of the combined flavor/color component and optional sweetener component is higher than the density of the foam layer. A beverage is prepared by combining the foaming creamer and hot liquid until the foaming creamer dissolves and creates a foamed layer on the surface. The combined flavor/color component and optional sweetener component is then added. Upon stirring the resultant mixture, a two-toned effect results in the foam layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Wragg, Maria Velissariou, Paul Martin Edwards, Phillip Keith Brown
  • Publication number: 20030219522
    Abstract: An instant dry mix composition produces a beverage having a two-toned foam on the surface upon reconstitution in a hot liquid. The composition includes a foaming creamer for producing a foam layer and a separately enclosed quick dissolving or dispersing flavor/color component and optional sweetener component. The density of the combined flavor/color component and optional sweetener component is higher than the density of the foam layer. A beverage is prepared by combining the foaming creamer and hot liquid until the foaming creamer dissolves and creates a foamed layer on the surface. The combined flavor/color component and optional sweetener component is then added. Upon stirring the resultant mixture, a two-toned effect results in the foam layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Anthony Wragg, Maria Velissariou, Paul Martin Edwards, Phillip Keith Brown