Patents by Inventor Annette Michelle Birch

Annette Michelle Birch 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).

  • COFFEE BEVERAGE COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF PRODUCING IT
    Publication number: 20200170277
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coffee beverage compositions comprising soluble coffee solids and particles of roast coffee beans and with reduced formation of scum and a low content diterpenes. The invention further relates to methods of producing such coffee beverage compositions by removal of oil from a slurry of particles of roast coffee beans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Annette Michelle Birch, Mauro Cavinato, Bruno Chavez Montes, Darren William Crow, Julien Dupas, Kevan Elsby, Robert Wayne Fuson, Federico Mora, Marija Srbljin
  • Method of producing an aromatised food or beverage product
    Patent number: 10149494
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing an aromatized food or beverage product, wherein an aroma fraction is obtained from a plant extract, said aroma fraction is being contacted with an oil to remove undesired aroma compounds, and the aroma fraction from which undesired compounds have been removed are combined with a food or beverage composition to produce an aromatized food or beverage product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Scott A. Westfall, William Wu, Annette Michelle Birch, Amber Christine Scarlatos
  • COFFEE BEVERAGE COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF PRODUCING IT
    Publication number: 20180206514
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coffee beverage compositions comprising soluble coffee solids and particles of roast coffee beans and with reduced formation of scum and a low content diterpenes. The invention further relates to methods of producing such coffee beverage compositions by removal of oil from a slurry of particles of roast coffee beans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Annette Michelle Birch, Mauro Cavinato, Bruno Chavez Montes, Darren William Crow, Julien Dupas, Kevan Elsby, Robert Wayne Fuson, Federico Mora, Marija Srbljin
  • METHOD OF PRODUCING AN AROMATISED FOOD OR BEVERAGE PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20150272183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing an aromatised food or beverage product, wherein an aroma fraction is obtained from a plant extract, said aroma fraction is being contacted with an oil to remove undesired aroma compounds, and the aroma fraction from which undesired compounds have been removed are combined with a food or beverage composition to produce an aromatised food or beverage product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Scott A. Westfall, William Wu, Annette Michelle Birch, Amber Christine Scarlatos
  • Method of producing an aromatised aqueous liquid
    Patent number: 9049873
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an aqueous liquid aromatised with aroma compounds from coffee, wherein a gas comprising aroma from roast and ground coffee and water is condensed to provide a liquid aqueous phase and a gas phase; and the gas phase is subjected to pressurisation in the presence of an aqueous liquid. The liquid is useful e.g. in the production of soluble coffee products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Scott A. Westfall, Annette Michelle Birch, Robert Garwood, Iacopo Cerea, Miguel Angel Garchitorena Gamero, Christophe Duchanoy
  • METHOD OF PRODUCING AN AROMATISED AQUEOUS LIQUID
    Publication number: 20120258222
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an aqueous liquid aromatised with aroma compounds from coffee, wherein a gas comprising aroma from roast and ground coffee and water is condensed to provide a liquid aqueous phase and a gas phase; and the gas phase is subjected to pressurisation in the presence of an aqueous liquid. The liquid is useful e.g. in the production of soluble coffee products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Scott A. Westfall, Annette Michelle Birch, Robert Garwood, Iacopo Cerea, Miguel Angel Garchitorena Gamero, Christophe Duchanoy