Patents Assigned to COLA
  • Publication number: 20170275666
    Abstract: Methods of preparing rebaudioside I, including highly purified rebaudioside I, are described herein. The methods utilize biocatalysts for converting rebaudioside A to rebaudioside I. Compositions and consumables comprising rebaudioside I, including sweetener compositions and flavor enhancing composition, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Indra Prakash, Cynthia Bunders, Avetik Markosyan, Cyrille Jarrin, Robert Ter Halle
  • Publication number: 20170273342
    Abstract: Novel diterpene glycosides and methods for purifying the same are provided herein. In addition, compositions comprising the novel diterpene glycosides, as well as methods of using the diterpene glycosides are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Indra Prakash, Cynthia Bunders
  • Patent number: 9772279
    Abstract: A system and method for the monitoring of carbon dioxide (CO2) for chemical contaminants. The carbon dioxide monitoring system includes a contaminant sensor that is configured to detect trace amounts of contaminants in CO2 that is pumped through it in real time. The contaminant sensor includes an interferometer configured to track the amount of contaminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Daniel P. Campbell, Jayme Caspall, Janet Cobb-Sullivan, Kenneth E. Johnson, Robert E. Jones, Larry Starr, Michael Slawson, Ruoya Wang
  • Patent number: 9771180
    Abstract: A handle may be provided with a neck supporting part that mates with the neck of the bottle, a bottom supporting part that receives the bottom of a bottle and supports the bottom of the bottle, and a gripping part that connects the bottom supporting part and the neck supporting part. The neck supporting part may have a first engagement part and a second engagement part with which the neck may engage and disengage. The gripping part extends in a substantially vertical direction along the body of the bottle when the neck is engaged with the first engagement part and extends in a substantially slanted direction relative to the substantially vertical direction so as to draw apart from the bottle when the neck is engaged with the second engagement part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventor: Hiromasa Iwashita
  • Patent number: 9771253
    Abstract: The present application provides a beverage dispensing system using a sweetener. The beverage dispensing system may include a sweetener source with the sweetener therein, one or more rotating or stationary components positioned about a flow of the sweetener, and a component wash system positioned about the one or more rotating or stationary components to wash off the sweetener thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Arthur G. Rudick, Gregg Carpenter, David R. Newman, Daniel S. Quartarone
  • Publication number: 20170267390
    Abstract: This disclosure provides new containers, preforms, methods, and designs for small and light-weight carbonated beverage packaging that provide surprisingly improved carbonation retention and greater shelf life, while still achieving light weight. This disclosure is particularly drawn to small PET containers for carbonated beverages, for example less than or about 400 mL, and methods and designs for their fabrication that attain unexpectedly good carbonation retention and shelf life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Casper W. Chiang, Venkat Govindarajan, Gopalaswamy Rajesh, Christopher Russell Mubarak, Jose Olavo Martins Ferreira Salles, Sterling Lane Steward, Simon Shi
  • Patent number: 9764872
    Abstract: Polyesters compositions comprising gas barrier enhancing additives and containers comprising such polyester compositions are provided herein. Also provided are methods for preparing polyester containers comprising said gas barrier enhancing additives. The polyester containers of the present invention exhibit decreased permeability to gases thereby providing improved shelf-life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: The Coca-Cola Company, CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert Kriegel, Liu Hui
  • Patent number: 9761156
    Abstract: A bow label for a beverage container is disclosed herein. The bow label may include a first sheet at least partially attached to the beverage container. The bow label also may include a second sheet at least partially attached to the first sheet. The first sheet and the second sheet may include a first configuration and a second configuration. In addition, the bow label may include a pull cord disposed between and at least partially attached to the first sheet and the second sheet. In this manner, movement of the pull cord may move the first sheet and the second sheet between the first configuration and the second configuration. In some instances, the second configuration may include a bow-like shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher James Bowers, Gregory Steven Bentley
  • Patent number: 9752174
    Abstract: Methods of preparing highly purified steviol glycosides, particularly rebaudiosides A, D and M are described. The methods include utilizing recombinant microorganisms for converting various staring compositions to target steviol glycosides. In addition, novel steviol glycosides reb D2 and reb M2 are disclosed, as are methods of preparing the same. The highly purified rebaudiosides are useful as non-caloric sweetener in edible and chewable compositions such as any beverages, confectioneries, bakery products, cookies, and chewing gums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: PureCircle Sdn Bhd, The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Avetik Markosyan, Indra Prakash, Cynthia Bunders, Pankaj Soni, Jarrin Cyrille, Aurélien Badie, Robert ter Halle
  • Patent number: 9741196
    Abstract: A controller, when a normal cooling operation is being performed, forward-drives a lower-side and an upper-side in-box blower fans, thereby causing internal air cooled by an evaporator to circulate within a commodity storage box in such a way that it enters a rear face duct through a lower-side opening and is discharged from an upper-side opening, and when a cold-maintaining operation is being performed, stops driving the lower-side and the upper-side in-box blower fans, and when a cooling recovery operation is being performed, forward-drives the lower-side in-box blower fan and reverse-drives the upper-side in-box blower fan, thereby causing internal air cooled by the evaporator to enter the rear face duct through the lower-side opening and causing internal air to enter the rear face duct through the upper-side opening, and also causing internal air entered the rear face duct to be discharged from the intermediate opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Yuuhei Yamagami, Koji Sugimoto, Yasuhiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9734509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method of utilizing a vending machine to make a charitable donation. A vending machine offering product/service for sale and a donation transaction for selection by the user. Payment of the donation amount is received at the vending machine and transmitted to the charitable organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Ryan Lee West, Rick Kanemasu
  • Patent number: 9725193
    Abstract: A method of filling a cartridge having one or more pouches. The method may include the steps of placing the pouch on a support, placing a first cartridge half over the pouch and the support, placing the pouch and the first cartridge half on a second cartridge half to form the cartridge, maneuvering the cartridge to a filling unit, and filling the pouch within the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventor: Mark F. Friedlein
  • Publication number: 20170217625
    Abstract: This disclosure provides generally container base designs for use in packaging carbonated beverages and new containers that incorporate the base design. It has been found that improved physical and mechanical properties such as good stress crack performance can be achieving while improved light weighting and potential cost savings. The particular base and container designs are generally applicable to carbonated soft drink (CSD) containers, and can be used with containers of any size and with any type of base form such as petaloid or champagne base forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Sterling Lane STEWARD, Venkat GOVINDARAJAN, Martin GEITHMANN
  • Patent number: 9717267
    Abstract: Beverages comprising rare sugars and sweetness enhancers are provided herein, wherein the sweetness enhancers are present at or below the sweetness recognition threshold concentration. Also provided are methods for improving the sweetness of a beverage comprising rare sugars by adding a sweetness enhancer in a concentration at or below its sweetness recognition threshold. Beverages comprising natural high potency sweeteners and rare sugars with sugar-like characteristics are also provided, wherein the natural high potency sweetener and rare sugars are present in particular weight ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Indra Prakash, Juvenal Higiro, Robert Scott, Gil Ma
  • Publication number: 20170208986
    Abstract: A liquid extract production system capable of efficiently producing a liquid extract. The system comprising an extractor for extracting a liquid extract from extraction raw materials, a liquid extract tank for storing the liquid extract, a flow path of liquid extract that connects the extractor and the liquid extract tank, a flow meter for measuring the flow rate of the liquid extract provided in the flow path, a density meter for measuring the solid content concentration of the liquid extract provided in the flow path, a solid content calculation unit for calculating the solid content included in the liquid extract that flowed through the flow path based on the measured flow rate and solid content concentration, and a liquid transfer controller for controlling the transfer of liquid extract from the extractor to the liquid extract tank based on the calculated solid content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventor: Akira Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20170210120
    Abstract: The present application provides an overprint orientation system. The overprint orientation system may include a first printer for printing on a substrate a first field and one or more orientation indicators within a second field, a second printer for overprinting the second field, and an orientation sensor. The orientation sensor determines whether the orientation indicators are visible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventor: Noel Stewart
  • Publication number: 20170210503
    Abstract: This disclosure provides new closure and finish structures suited for small and light-weight carbonated beverage packaging that provide surprisingly improved carbonation retention and greater shelf life, while still achieving light weight. This closure and finish presented herein are particularly suited to small PET containers for carbonated beverages, for example less than or about 400 mL and provide good carbonation retention and shelf life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicants: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, BERICAP SC LLC
    Inventors: Piaras de Cleir, Frank Gehindy, Lothar Brauer, Simon Shi
  • Patent number: D793145
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Xiaoyan Huang, Chih-Shang Frank Fu, H. Brock Kolls, Adam Wilkinson, Simon Alan Daniel
  • Patent number: D796332
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Judy Guo, Miguel Angel Cabra Apalategui, Wilfred Kenneth Castillo, Gerald Reid Harris, Ricardo Filipe Figueiroa Monteiro, Sterling Lane Steward
  • Patent number: D798110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Facundo Valenti, Natalia Picasso Kipreos, Diego Carrizo