Patents by Inventor Carl Eric Hansen

Carl Eric Hansen 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).

  • Cocoa albumin and its use in the production of cocoa and chocolate flavor
    Patent number: 6927280
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel 2S cocoa albumin protein that has now been isolated, purified and identified from cocoa beans. The present invention is further directed to flavor precursors generated from the enzymatic hydrolysis of this novel protein and to use of the flavor precursors to form a cocoa flavor useful in making chocolate flavored compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Sunil Kochhar, Carl Eric Hansen, Marcel Alexandre Juillerat, James McCarthy
  • Novel cocoa albumin and its use in the production of cocoa and chocolate flavor
    Publication number: 20040010123
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel 2S cocoa albumin protein that has now been isolated, purified and identified from cocoa beans. The present invention is further directed to flavor precursors generated from the enzymatic hydrolysis of this novel protein and to use of the flavor precursors to form a cocoa flavor useful in making chocolate flavored compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Sunil Kochhar, Carl Eric Hansen, Marcel Alexandre Juillerat, James McCarthy