Patents by Inventor Elliot Merkle

Elliot Merkle 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).

  • Sugar-Free Dessert Products
    Publication number: 20090035436
    Abstract: This invention provides sugar-free dessert-type food products (e.g., sugar-free puddings) containing an artificial sweetener composition comprising an artificial sweetener selected from the group consisting of sucralose and a mixture of sucralose and acesulfame potassium and a sugar alcohol . It has been found that the aftertaste (sometimes described as bitterness) experienced by a certain population with sugar-free dessert-type products containing artificial sweeteners can be significantly reduced, and in some cases eliminated, by using reduced levels of artificial sweeteners in combination with sugar alcohols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Richard Leshik, Elliot Merkle
  • Sugar-free dessert products
    Publication number: 20060193956
    Abstract: This invention provides sugar-free dessert-type food products (e.g., sugar-free puddings) containing an artificial sweetener composition comprising an artificial sweetener selected from the group consisting of sucralose and a mixture of sucralose and acesulfame potassium and a sugar alcohol . It has been found that the aftertaste (sometimes described as bitterness) experienced by a certain population with sugar-free dessert-type products containing artificial sweeteners can be significantly reduced, and in some cases eliminated, by using reduced levels of artificial sweeteners in combination with sugar alcohols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Richard Leshik, Elliot Merkle