Patents by Inventor Stephen J. Destephen

Stephen J. Destephen 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).

  • Fat-based confectionery product and method for making same
    Publication number: 20030008041
    Abstract: The invention relates to a “push-up” package and delivery system for a fat-based confectionery, as well as a method of forming the package by in situ molding of the confectionery therein. The confectionery may be dispensed by pushing up on a plunger member through a chamber in the package. The chamber cross-section may be any shape including a circle, oval, polygon, such as a square, rectangle, trapezoid, or triangle, a star or cross, or a character shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher Budwig, Stephen J. DeStephen, David M. Klug
  • Reduction of chocolate bloom
    Patent number: 5925399
    Abstract: A process for preparing chocolate or a fat containing confectionery material which comprises incorporating from 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of a silicon dioxide into the chocolate or a fat containing confectionery material during its preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Pu-Sheng Cheng, Stephen J. Destephen
  • Method of making fat-based confection
    Patent number: 5876774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for increasing the solidification rate of a fat-based confection and to a fat-based confection product wherein the improvement comprises 0.1 to 2.0% insoluble fiber by weight effective for increasing the rate of solidification of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Shantha Chandrasekaran Nalur, Stephen J. Destephen
  • Beverage capsules
    Patent number: 4925683
    Abstract: A beverage capsule in which a beverage base is enclosed in a thin walled solid envelope made of chocolate or a fat-based confectionery coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Eugene R. Fischbach, Stephen J. Destephen