Patents by Inventor Patrick Couzens

Patrick Couzens 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).

  • Moulding of chocolate
    Patent number: 8795751
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the manufacture of a chocolate piece or tablet having a core or cavity passing through the thickness of the piece or tablet which comprises a mold (10) comprising a surrounding wall (11) and base (12), a central aperture having a predetermined cross-sectional shape passing through the base, and a former (14) having a cross-sectional shape conforming to that of the central aperture adapted to reciprocate through the central aperture between a retracted position where its upper surface is level with the base (12) of the mold to an advanced position where its upper surface lies at any level from above the base of the mold to the top of the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: John Michael Leadbeater, Nicolas Christian Mickael Gomes, Mikael Rota, Thierry Denis Fiaux, Patrick Couzens
  • FAT-BASED CONFECTIONERY MATERIAL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120003359
    Abstract: A fat-based confectionery material with a continuous fat phase characterised in that the material is dispersed with bubbles containing a liquid filling and methods for the production thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: John Howard Walker, Patrick Couzens
  • MOULDING OF CHOCOLATE
    Publication number: 20110262598
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the manufacture of a chocolate piece or tablet having a core or cavity passing through the thickness of the piece or tablet which comprises a mould (10) comprising a surrounding wall (11) and base (12), a central aperture having a predetermined cross-sectional shape passing through the base, and a former (14) having a cross-sectional shape conforming to that of the central aperture adapted to reciprocate through the central aperture between a retracted position where its upper surface is level with the base (12) of the mould to an advanced position where its upper surface lies at any level from above the base of the mould to the top of the mould.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: John Michael Leadbeater, Nicolas Christian Mickael Gomes, Mikael Rota, Thierry Denis Fiaux, Patrick Couzens