Patents by Inventor Francis Amoako-Poku

Francis Amoako-Poku 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).

  • Publication number: 20160106120
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for forming a chewing gum product with at least one inclusion, the method including providing a gum sizing system including a first sizing roller, a second sizing roller, and a gum mass delivery system, directing a gum mass toward a sizing gap between the first sizing roller and the second sizing roller via the delivery system, adding at least one inclusion to the gum mass at an area of the gum sizing system that is at least one of upstream or within the sizing gap, sizing the gum mass into a substantially continuous gum sheet with said at least one inclusion via transport of the gum mass through the sizing gap; and separating the gum sheet into a plurality of gum pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Leonard Scarola, Bharat Jani, William Hirt, Francis Amoako-Poku, Ann E. Wymore
  • Publication number: 20160015053
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are chewing gum snack products having multi-sensorial attributes of flavor, texture, and visual appeal which provides a snack-like quality at the initial stage of chewing that then transitions to chewing gum-like qualities at later stages of chewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Francis Amoako-Poku, Susan Pettigrew, Doris Tancredi, Zi Yang, Kishor Kabse, Atsushi Ueminami
  • Publication number: 20140271985
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are chewing gum snack products having multi-sensorial attributes of flavor, texture, and visual appeal which provides a snack-like quality at the initial stage of chewing that then transitions to chewing gum-like qualities at later stages of chewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Francis Amoako-Poku, Susan Pettigrew, Doris Tancredi, Zi Yang
  • Patent number: D796775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Francis Amoako-Poku, Susan Pettigrew, Doris Tancredi, Zi Yang, Kishor Kabse, Atsushi Ueminami
  • Patent number: D822333
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Francis Amoako-Poku, Susan Pettigrew, Doris Tancredi, Zi Yang, Kishor Kabse, Atsushi Ueminami
  • Patent number: D843681
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Francis Amoako-Poku, Susan Pettigrew, Doris Tancredi, Zi Yang, Kishor Kabse, Atsushi Ueminami
  • Patent number: D874087
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Francis Amoako-Poku, Susan Pettigrew, Doris Tancredi, Zi Yang, Kishor Kabse, Atsushi Ueminami
  • Patent number: D975398
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Anna Plociak, Francis Amoako-Poku, Louisa Fitzgerald, Kenneth Mellaart
  • Patent number: D986528
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Anna Plociak, Francis Amoako-Poku, Louisa Fitzgerald, Kenneth Mellaart
  • Patent number: D987229
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Anna Plociak, Francis Amoako-Poku, Louisa Fitzgerald, Kenneth Mellaart
  • Patent number: D995978
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Anna Plociak, Francis Amoako-Poku, Louisa Fitzgerald, Kenneth Mellaart
  • Patent number: D996770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Anna Plociak, Francis Amoako-Poku, Louisa Fitzgerald, Kenneth Mellaart
  • Patent number: D994264
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Anna Plociak, Francis Amoako-Poku, Louisa Fitzgerald, Kenneth Mellaart
  • Patent number: D1003563
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Anna Plociak, Francis Amoako-Poku, Louisa Fitzgerald, Kenneth Mellaart