Patents by Inventor C. Daniel Azzara

C. Daniel Azzara 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).

  • Reduced fat confectionery products and process
    Patent number: 5709903
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lowfat confection comprising a chocolate of full fat texture, said chocolate comprising a fat or fat substitute present in 20.0-24.5% (w/w), and nonfat solids comprising nutritive carbohydrate sweetener, nonfat cocoa solids and an edible emulsifier. The present invention further relates to a process for producing a lowfat chocolate and more specifically, to the process of preparing and formulating said product compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Derry, Inc.
    Inventors: James F. St. John, John G. Fetterhoff, John R. Carpenter, B. Douglas Brown, C. Daniel Azzara, Stanley M. Tarka, Jr., Craig Rank, George K. Strohmaier
  • Reduced fat confectionery products and process
    Patent number: 5464649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lowfat confection comprising a chocolate of full fat texture, said chocolate comprising a fat or fat substitute present in 20.0-24.5% (w/w), and nonfat solids comprising nutritive carbohydrate sweetener, nonfat cocoa solids and an edible emulsifier. The present invention further relates to a process for producing a lowfat chocolate and more specifically, to the process of preparing and formulating said product compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Hershey Foods Corporation
    Inventors: James F. St. John, John G. Fetterhoff, John R. Carpenter, B. Douglas Brown, C. Daniel Azzara, Stanley M. Tarka, Jr., Craig Rank, George K. Strohmaier