Patents Assigned to Pepsico Inc.
  • Patent number: 11401151
    Abstract: A service trolley for dispensing beverages includes a frame having an upper end opposite a lower end, and a tabletop arranged on the upper end of the frame. The trolley further includes wheels arranged on the lower end of the frame configured to allow the frame to roll on a surface. The trolley includes a beverage dispenser arranged within the frame that includes a multi-serve beverage container for storing a beverage, a dispensing head in communication with the beverage container via a conduit, and a pressurized vessel configured to contain a pressurized gas in communication with the beverage container so as to drive a flow of the beverage from the beverage container to the dispensing head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Vipin Arora, Rahul Sadashiv Kamble, Gurmeet Singh Bhutani, Prashant Deshpande, Dewang Parikh
  • Publication number: 20220215424
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for analyzing second party advertising data. An embodiment operates by determining a set of dimensions that a source uses to aggregate data for an advertising campaign. The embodiment creates a subunit advertising campaign based at least in part on the advertising campaign, the determined set of dimensions, and a dimension of interest. The embodiment receives measurement data associated with an execution of the subunit advertising campaign. The embodiment then analyzes the measurement data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michal GELLER, Eric HIGGINS
  • Patent number: 11359222
    Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing Rebaudioside J using an enzymatic method, comprising using rebaudioside A as a substrate, and making the substrate, in the presence of a glycosyl donor, react under the catalysis of a UDP-glycosyltransferase-con-taining recombinant cell and/or UDP-glycosyltransferase prepared therefrom to generate Rebaudioside J.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Tao, Guoqing Li, Wenxia Wang, Leilei Zheng, Chunlei Zhu, Xiaoliang Liang, Kuikiu Chan
  • Patent number: 11354965
    Abstract: A vending machine has an interactive customer experience. Some embodiments of the vending machine include a transparent front wall with a plurality of display units located behind the front wall. Each of the display units may contain an example of a product available for vending. Based on input received from a customer and other information, the vending machine may provide a recommendation for a product or products to select for purchase. The vending machine may highlight the recommendation by selectively illuminating the product display units that contain the recommended products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Emad Jafa, Xuejun Li, Yong Serock, Cheuk Chi Lau, Martyn Thomas Mitchell, Euan Morrison, Wai Ting Chan, Samuel Luke Johnstone, Erik David Williams
  • Patent number: 11354966
    Abstract: A handle for a product vending system includes a housing configured to be secured to a door of a product storage cabinet having a lock. The handle includes a display arranged on the housing, that is configured to show product information. A payment processing unit is arranged on the housing and is configured to detect or receive a payment. A control unit is configured to communicate with the lock of the product storage cabinet, such that when the payment is detected by the payment processing unit, the control unit is configured to unlock the lock of the product storage cabinet so as to provide access to a product stored in the product storage cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Klaus Rosburg, Stephen Lim
  • Patent number: 11352653
    Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing rebaudioside N using an enzymatic method, comprising using rebaudioside A or rebaudioside J as a substrate, and making the substrate, in the presence of a glycosyl donor, react under the catalysis of a UDP-glycosyl-transferase and/or a UDP-glycosyltransferase-containing recombinant cell to generate rebaudioside N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: PEPSICO, INC.
    Inventors: Alex Tao, Guoqing Li, Wenxia Wang, Leilei Zheng, Chunlei Zhu, Xiaoliang Liang, Kuikiu Chan
  • Patent number: 11347245
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include a method for producing a batch according to a batch process that includes adding ingredients to water to form a batch, mixing the batch, measuring the drive gain of the batch in real time using an in-line density device, monitoring amplitude variation of the drive gain, comparing the amplitude variation of the drive gain to a predetermined threshold, and providing an indication based on the amplitude variation of the drive gain that the batch is homogeneously dispersed or fully dissolved. Other aspects of the disclosure relate to a method for detecting homogeneity of a mixture and a method of determining the degree of mixing of a batch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Saman Choubak, Badreddine Ahtchi-Ali
  • Patent number: 11332287
    Abstract: A reusable beverage container that includes a vessel having an upper end defining an upper opening and that is configured to store a beverage. The reusable beverage container further includes a cap that is removably securable to the upper end of the vessel, and the cap is configured to receive and completely enclose a beverage-ingredient cartridge. The cap of the reusable beverage container includes a lower shell defining a lower opening, an upper shell removably securable to the lower shell, and a cartridge opener extending from the lower shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Hernan Marina, Michel Alvarez
  • Patent number: 11321733
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for analyzing second party advertising data. An embodiment operates by determining a set of dimensions that a source uses to aggregate data for an advertising campaign. The embodiment creates a subunit advertising campaign based at least in part on the advertising campaign, the determined set of dimensions, and a dimension of interest. The embodiment receives measurement data associated with an execution of the subunit advertising campaign. The embodiment then analyzes the measurement data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michal Geller, Eric Higgins
  • Patent number: 11318427
    Abstract: Carbonation apparatus is provided for carbonating a mixed input flow of pressurized and refrigerated carbon dioxide and water. A first cartridge is disposed within the carbonation chamber, defining a porous micromesh net in fluid communication with the input flow and a central cavity in fluid communication with the carbonation chamber output port. The micromesh net is configured to break up chains of water molecules passing through the net, to enhance bonding between the water and carbon dioxide molecules within the cartridge. The net also responds to the flow of water and carbon dioxide molecules impacting and passing through the net by generating a passive polarizing field that has a polarizing influence on the water molecules to further enhance. Beads may be provided within the cartridge for capturing and stabilizing carbon dioxide molecules to yet further enhance bonding between the water and the carbon dioxide molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Fantappie, Farshad Kamali, Diego Macrellino, Joey Miyamot
  • Patent number: 11312557
    Abstract: A container is provided with a body portion. The body portion includes a first vacuum panel, a second vacuum panel, a third vacuum panel, a first diagonal column between the first vacuum panel and the second vacuum panel, and a second diagonal column between the second vacuum panel and the third vacuum panel. The second vacuum panel and the third vacuum panel are oriented in opposite directions. In response to a change in an internal container pressure, the body portion flexes at the first vacuum panel such that a surface of the first vacuum panel increases in concavity in response to an increasing pressure change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Lohmeier, Toby Richard David Wingfield, Lori Evans Bartman, Robert Jon Groll
  • Patent number: 11312985
    Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing Rebaudioside C using an enzymatic method, comprising using rubusoside or dulcoside A as a substrate, and making the substrate, in the presence of a glycosyl donor, react under the catalysis of UDP-glycosyltransferase-containing recombinant cell and/or UDP-glycosyltransferase prepared therefrom to generate Rebaudioside C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Tao, Guoqing Li, Wenxia Wang, Leilei Zheng, Chunlei Zhu, Xiaoliang Liang, Kuikiu Chan
  • Patent number: D951105
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Liang Liu, Koby Hebborn Trout, Klaus Rosburg
  • Patent number: D953859
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: DrinkStation, Inc., PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventor: Diego Macrellino
  • Patent number: D953889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Eduardo Broen, Christopher Erlin Granneberg, Klaus Rosburg
  • Patent number: D955880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Alvarez, Carlos Hernan Marina
  • Patent number: D956078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Marco Cimatti, Jodi T. D'Amato, Rachel Katz, Kate Keparutis, Anton Ljunggren, Jasmine Richards, Koby Hebborn Trout, Amy Wong, Jean Edward Page, Adrian Taylor, Cory Tobin, Michelle Brandon, Andrew Dernavich, Elisabeth Gerber, Mark Lukasiewicz, Ben Bloodworth, Ashley Carwile, Brittany Christian, Tien Ho, David Murray
  • Patent number: D956565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Advait Bhat, Stefano Giuliani
  • Patent number: D957883
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefano Benito Giuliani, Niklas Gustafsson, MinSuk Kim, Oded Lahav, Yuri Movshovich, Adi Raz
  • Patent number: D958662
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Eaton, Christopher Andrew Gregory, Niklas Gustafsson, Stephen Lim, Kai Xiang Lin, Christopher Nobles, Qiuchen Peter Zhang