Patents by Inventor Katia Severova-Epp

Katia Severova-Epp 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).

  • Cooked caramel compositions and related food products
    Patent number: 12610964
    Abstract: Cooked and uncooked caramel slurries and products prepared using the cooked caramel slurries, and methods of preparing caramel slurries and coating a cooked caramel slurry onto a food piece. A process of providing a cooked caramel slurry comprises providing a slurry comprising sucrose, non-sucrose sugar, fat, water and protein, and having an initial total moisture content of at least 6 weight percent moisture and cooking the slurry in a closed cooking system that does not allow moisture to leave the slurry during cooking. A cooked caramel slurry comprises from 30 to 80 weight percent sucrose, from 5 to 25 weight percent non-sucrose sugar, from 5 to 25 weight percent fat, and from 0.1 to 5 weight percent protein, each on a total solids (dry) basis, and at least 5 weight percent water, wherein the slurry is undiluted, the water being also present during cooking of the slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Green, Katia Severova-Epp, Jazmine N. Gosey, Joel R. Lafavor
  • Cooked Caramel Compositions and Related Food Products
    Publication number: 20230016707
    Abstract: Cooked and uncooked caramel slurries and products prepared using the cooked caramel slurries, and methods of preparing caramel slurries and coating a cooked caramel slurry onto a food piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Green, Katia Severova-Epp, Jazmine N. Gosey, Joel R. Lafavor
  • Process of providing a cooked caramel slurry for coating
    Patent number: 11470854
    Abstract: Cooked and uncooked caramel slurries and products prepared using the cooked caramel slurries, and methods of preparing caramel slurries and coating a cooked caramel slurry onto a food piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R Green, Katia Severova-Epp, Jazmine N Gosey, Joel R Lafavor
  • Cooked Caramel Compositions and Related Food Products
    Publication number: 20160353764
    Abstract: Cooked and uncooked caramel slurries and products prepared using the cooked caramel slurries, and methods of preparing caramel slurries and coating a cooked caramel slurry onto a food piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel R. Green, Katia Severova-Epp, Jazmine N. Gosey, Joel R. Lafavor