Patents by Inventor Josef Klucik

Josef Klucik 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).

  • Patent number: 11325818
    Abstract: The present application provides a dispensing nozzle for use with a flow of a diluent and a flow of a concentrate. The beverage dispenser may include an annular concentrate path of the flow of the concentrate and an annular diluent path surrounding at least in part the annular concentrate path for the flow of the diluent. The annular diluent path may include a shallow angle leading towards the flow of the concentrate such that the flow of the diluent and the flow of the concentrate mix in or downstream of the dispensing nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Kirk Walter Dahlberg, Youlung Chen, Charles Bradley Green, Josef Klucik, John Martin, Cassilyn Bair, Robert B. Brownell, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11291217
    Abstract: An edible caramel color composition and method of making the same are disclosed. The method of making an edible caramel color composition includes the step of heating a reaction mixture to form a caramel color composition, wherein the reaction mixture contains: a carbohydrate, and a sulfite compound, in the absence of a caustic compound and in the absence of an ammonium compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Josef Klucik, Sangphyo Hong
  • Publication number: 20210282427
    Abstract: An edible caramel color composition and method of making the same are disclosed. The method of making an edible caramel color composition includes the step of heating a reaction mixture to form a caramel color composition, wherein the reaction mixture contains: a carbohydrate, and a sulfite compound, in the absence of a caustic compound and in the absence of an ammonium compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Josef Klucik, Sangphyo Hong
  • Publication number: 20200178587
    Abstract: Methods of preparing freeze dried powders comprising rebaudioside M and rebaudioside D are provided herein. The freeze dried powders produced by the disclosed methods exhibit improved aqueous solubility over known forms and compositions of rebaudioside M and rebaudioside D. Methods of preparing consumables, e.g. beverages, with the freeze dried compositions are also detailed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Youlung Chen, Xiaoliang Tan, Indra Prakash, Josef Klucik, Gil Ma, Youngsuk Heo
  • Publication number: 20200154729
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming caramels having reduced low molecular weight species such as 4-MeI. The low-4-MeI caramels produced by this method have improved stability and taste relative to those known in the art. The invention also extends to the caramels produced by the disclosed methods and the use of such caramels in food and beverages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Josef Klucik, You Chen, Patricio Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 10575535
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming caramels having reduced low molecular weight species such as 4-MeI. The low-4-MeI caramels produced by this method have improved stability and taste relative to those known in the art. The invention also extends to the caramels produced by the disclosed methods and the use of such caramels in food and beverages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Josef Klucik, You Chen, Patricio Gutierrez
  • Publication number: 20170190554
    Abstract: The present application provides a dispensing nozzle for use with a flow of a diluent and a flow of a concentrate. The beverage dispenser may include an annular concentrate path of the flow of the concentrate and an annular diluent path surrounding at least in part the annular concentrate path for the flow of the diluent. The annular diluent path may include a shallow angle leading towards the flow of the concentrate such that the flow of the diluent and the flow of the concentrate mix in or downstream of the dispensing nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Kirk Walter DAHLBERG, Youlung CHEN, Charles Bradley GREEN, Josef KLUCIK, John MARTIN, Robert B. BROWNELL Jr., Cassilyn BAIR
  • Publication number: 20170135366
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming caramels having reduced low molecular weight species such as 4-MeI. The low-4-MeI caramels produced by this method have improved stability and taste relative to those known in the art. The invention also extends to the caramels produced by the disclosed methods and the use of such caramels in food and beverages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Josef Klucik, You Chen, Patricio Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 9491963
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are sweetener compositions comprising at least one sweetener and at least one sweetness enhancer chosen from terpenes (such as sesquiterpenes, diterpenes, and triterpenes), flavonoids, amino acids, proteins, polyols, other known natural sweeteners (such as cinnamaldehydes, selligueians, hematoxylins), secodammarane glycosides, and analogues thereof, wherein the at least one sweetness enhancer is present in the composition in an amount at or below the sweetness detection threshold level of the sweetness ehancer, and the at least one sweetener and the at least one sweetness enhancer are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Indra Prakash, Grant E. DuBois, Josef Klucik, Rafael I. San Miguel, Rudolf Johann Fritsch, Venkata Sai Prakash Chaturvedula
  • Publication number: 20150216219
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are sweetener compositions comprising at least one sweetener and at least one sweetness enhancer chosen from terpenes (such as sesquiterpenes, diterpenes, and triterpenes), flavonoids, amino acids, proteins, polyols, other known natural sweeteners (such as cinnamaldehydes, selligueians, hematoxylins), secodammarane glycosides, and analogues thereof, wherein the at least one sweetness enhancer is present in the composition in an amount at or below the sweetness detection threshold level of the sweetness ehancer, and the at least one sweetener and the at least one sweetness enhancer are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Indra Prakash, Grant E. DuBois, Josef Klucik, Rafael I. San Miguel, Rudolf Johann Fritsch, Venkata Sai Prakash Chaturvedula
  • Patent number: 9012520
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are sweetener compositions comprising at least one sweetener and at least one sweetness enhancer chosen from terpenes (such as sesquiterpenes, diterpenes, and triterpenes), flavonoids, amino acids, proteins, polyols, other known natural sweeteners (such as cinnamaldehydes, selligueians, hematoxylins), secodammarane glycosides, and analogs thereof, wherein the at least one sweetness enhancer is present in the composition in an amount at or below the sweetness detection threshold level of the sweetness enhancer, and the at least one sweetener and the at least one sweetness enhancer are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Indra Prakash, Grant E. DuBois, Josef Klucik, Rafael Ignacio San Miguel, Rudolf Johann Fritsch, Venkata Sai Prakash Chaturvedula
  • Patent number: 8383183
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to sweetness enhancers capable of enhancing the sweet taste of sweetener compositions and the sweetener compositions produced therefrom. In particular, the present invention relates to sweetener compositions comprising sulfamates capable of enhancing the sweetness of the sweetener composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Indra Prakash, Grant E. DuBois, George A. King, Mani Upreti, Josef Klucik, Rafael I. San Miguel
  • Publication number: 20110318464
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to sweetness enhancers capable of enhancing the sweet taste of sweetener compositions and the sweetener compositions produced therefrom. In particular, the present invention relates to sweetener compositions comprising sulfamates capable of enhancing the sweetness of the sweetener composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Indra Prakash, Grant E. DuBois, George A. King, Mani Upreti, Josef Klucik, Rafael I. San Miguel
  • Publication number: 20110160311
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are sweetener compositions comprising at least one sweetener and at least one sweetness enhancer chosen from terpenes (such as sesquiterpenes, diterpenes, and triterpenes), flavonoids, amino acids, proteins, polyols, other known natural sweeteners (such as cinnamaldehydes, selligueians, hematoxylins), secodammarane glycosides, and analogues thereof, wherein the at least one sweetness enhancer is present in the composition in an amount at or below the sweetness detection threshold level of the sweetness enhancer, and the at least one sweetener and the at least one sweetness enhancer are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Indra Prakash, Grant E. DuBois, Josef Klucik, Rafael Ignacio San Miguel, Rudolf Johann Fritsch, Venkata Sai Prakash Chaturvedula
  • Publication number: 20080292765
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to sweetness enhancers capable of enhancing the sweet taste of sweetener compositions and the sweetener compositions produced therefrom. In particular, the present invention relates to sweetener compositions comprising sulfamates capable of enhancing the sweetness of the sweetener composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Indra Prakash, Grant E. DuBois, George A. King, Mani Upreti, Josef Klucik, Rafael I. San Miguel