Patents by Inventor Cheong K. Fong

Cheong K. Fong 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 composition
    Patent number: 10681920
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process of producing grains of coated coffee grounds, the process comprising: heating a mixture of a coating composition and coffee grounds to a temperature below the melting point of the coating composition and at which the coating composition forms a coating on at least some of the coffee grounds; and cooling the mixture to provide grains comprising coffee grounds having a coating of the coating composition formed on at least some of the surface of the coffee grounds. The present invention also provides coated ground coffee compositions that may be produced by this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Ann Castro, Cheong K Fong
  • COFFEE COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20180332869
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process of producing grains of coated coffee grounds, the process comprising: heating a mixture of a coating composition and coffee grounds to a temperature below the melting point of the coating composition and at which the coating composition forms a coating on at least some of the coffee grounds; and cooling the mixture to provide grains comprising coffee grounds having a coating of the coating composition formed on at least some of the surface of the coffee grounds. The present invention also provides coated ground coffee compositions that may be produced by this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Jennifer Ann Castro, Cheong K. Fong
  • Coffee composition
    Patent number: 10004249
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process of producing grains of coated coffee grounds, the process comprising: heating a mixture of a coating composition and coffee grounds to a temperature below the melting point of the coating composition and at which the coating composition forms a coating on at least some of the coffee grounds; and cooling the mixture to provide grains comprising coffee grounds having a coating of the coating composition formed on at least some of the surface of the coffee grounds. The present invention also provides coated ground coffee compositions that may be produced by this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Ann Castro, Cheong K. Fong
  • COFFEE COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20100247716
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process of producing grains of coated coffee grounds, the process comprising: heating a mixture of a coating composition and coffee grounds to a temperature below the melting point of the coating composition and at which the coating composition forms a coating on at least some of the coffee grounds; and cooling the mixture to provide grains comprising coffee grounds having a coating of the coating composition formed on at least some of the surface of the coffee grounds. The present invention also provides coated ground coffee compositions that may be produced by this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Ann Castro, Cheong K. Fong