Patents by Inventor Joseph J. Furjanic

Joseph J. Furjanic 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).

  • Process of producing cacao flavor by roasting combination of amino acids and reducing sugars
    Patent number: 5676993
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a means of enhancing the cocoa flavor to a fat matrix by adding thereto about 0.3 g to about 4.0 g phenylalanine, 0.75 g to about 2.0 g leucine, and about 0.5 g to about 3.0 g reducing sugar and optionally about 0.05 g to about 0.8 g alanine for each 100 g of unroasted fat matrix and roasting the same, and to the products produced therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Hershey Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Julia J. Watterson, Kenneth B. Miller, Joseph J. Furjanic, David A. Stuart