Patents by Inventor Daniel Pohludka

Daniel Pohludka 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).

  • EDIBLE COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20200404960
    Abstract: A method of preparing a composite foodstuff is provided and comprises providing a core, providing a barrier composition and applying the barrier composition to at least a portion of the core and providing a fat based coating having a lower fat content than the core. The fat based coating is applied to the barrier coated cores. The hardness of the fat based coating does not decrease over a period of storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Daniel Pohludka
  • Edible composition
    Patent number: 10709162
    Abstract: A method of preparing a composite foodstuff is provided and comprises providing a core, providing a barrier composition and applying the barrier composition to at least a portion of the core and providing a fat based coating having a lower fat content than the core. The fat based coating is applied to the barrier coated cores. The hardness of the fat based coating does not decrease over a period of storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventor: Daniel Pohludka
  • EDIBLE COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20180263275
    Abstract: A method of preparing a composite foodstuff is provided and comprises providing a core, providing a barrier composition and applying the barrier composition to at least a portion of the core and providing a fat based coating having a lower fat content than the core. The fat based coating is applied to the barrier coated cores. The hardness of the fat based coating does not decrease over a period of storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Daniel Pohludka
  • Edible composition
    Patent number: 9974328
    Abstract: A method of preparing a composite foodstuff is provided and comprises providing a core, providing a barrier composition and applying the barrier composition to at least a portion of the core and providing a fat based coating having a lower fat content than the core. The fat based coating is applied to the barrier coated cores. The hardness of the fat based coating does not decrease over a period of storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventor: Daniel Pohludka
  • EDIBLE COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20150216224
    Abstract: A method of preparing a composite foodstuff is provided and comprises providing a core, providing a barrier composition and applying the barrier composition to at least a portion of the core and providing a fat based coating having a lower fat content than the core. The fat based coating is applied to the barrier coated cores. The hardness of the fat based coating does not decrease over a period of storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Daniel Pohludka
  • EDIBLE COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20120114806
    Abstract: A barrier composition for use in foodstuffs comprises from 1% to 40% by weight of a starch having a degree of polymerisation of no more than 90 and from 40% to 90% by weight of a plasticizer, preferably glycerol, for the starch, the ratio of starch content to plasticizer content by weight being no more than 1:1.5. The composition may include up to 40% by weight of a bulking agent, preferably fructose. A foodstuff incorporating the barrier is disclosed as is a method of making it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Daniel Pohludka