Patents by Inventor Richard W. Deptula

Richard W. Deptula 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).

  • CENTER-FILLED CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20100166914
    Abstract: Center-filled confectionery products and methods of making center-filled confectionery products are provided. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a confectionery product comprising a hard confectionery shell surrounding a filling. The confectionery shell comprises a plurality of segments having different colors. The filling is selected from the group consisting of a liquid, a paste, a powder, a hard confectionery and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY
    Inventors: Daniel L. Herron, Christina Wowchuk, Kenneth Klacik, Richard W. Deptula
  • Breath freshening compositions and methods using them
    Patent number: 6030605
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards the use of chewing gums, tablets and lozenges containing a breath freshening composition which comprises a physiologically acceptable zinc compound, an oil, and a non-ionic surfactant, to reduce or eliminate H.sub.2 S and CH.sub.3 SH in the oral cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Nabisco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald P. D'Ameila, Jack Homcy, Richard W. Deptula, Daniel Worthy, Dorothy A. Panhorst, Joseph W. Bell, Walter Hopkins
  • High fructose hard candy
    Patent number: 4311722
    Abstract: A hard candy having excellent shelf stability may contain at least 80% by weight fructose, such as in the form of high fructose corn syrup, and optionally, small amounts of dextrin. A method for preparing the above high fructose hard candy is also provided which employs vacuum removal of moisture to avoid degradation and discoloration and impart long shelf-life stability to the hard candy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1982
    Assignee: Life Savers, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Vink, Richard W. Deptula
  • Sugarless candies
    Patent number: 4154867
    Abstract: A sugarless candy is provided which has improved flavor and sweetness and contains one or more natural sweeteners, namely, a hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, preferably in combination with a sugar alcohol, such as sorbitol, one or more fruit flavors, together with malic acid which serves as a flavor enhancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1979
    Assignee: Life Savers, Inc.
    Inventors: Deborah Aldrich, Walter Vink, Richard W. Deptula, Donald J. Muskus, Paul R. Fronczkowski, Marc Chrusch