Patents by Inventor Lone Andersen

Lone Andersen 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).

  • Biodegradable chewing gum and method of manufacturing such chewing gum
    Publication number: 20040142066
    Abstract: The invention relates to a chewing gum comprising gum base, sweetener and flavor, wherein at least a part of said gum base comprises at least one biodegradable polymer, where the tan(delta) is at least 0.6 within the linear viscoelastic region (LVR) of the chewing gum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Lone Andersen, Helle Wittorff, Robson Storey
  • One-step process for preparing chewing gum
    Publication number: 20040115305
    Abstract: A process for preparing a chewing gum wherein all of the gum base components and all of the chewing gum additives are charged, in any appropriate order, into a mixing apparatus and the apparatus operated at atmospheric pressure to obtain the chewing gum, subject to the limitation that the gum base does not contain a vinyl polyester as the sole polymer. In certain embodiments, the gum base comprises at least one environmentally or biodegradable polymer such as a polyester, a polycarbonates, a polyester amide, a polypeptide and a protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Lone Andersen, Helle Wittorff, Anette Isaksen