Patents by Inventor Stephan Simburger

Stephan Simburger 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).

  • Patent number: 8017163
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing heat-resistant chocolate or chocolate-like confectionery products wherein (I) chocolate mass or chocolate-like confectionery mass which has been mixed with a water-in-oil emulsion or (ii) chocolate mass or chocolate-like confectionery mass having an increased water content is moulded and then subjected to a microwave treatment prior to, during, and/or after cooling. The heat resistance is developed essentially instantaneously and the obtained product can be subjected to temperatures of up to about 40 or even 50° C. without losing its form. The invention also relates to the products obtainable by that process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Kraft Foods R & D, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephan Simbürger
  • Publication number: 20090246331
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing heat-resistant chocolate or chocolate-like confectionery products wherein (I) chocolate mass or chocolate-like confectionery mass which has been mixed with a water-in-oil emulsion or (ii) chocolate mass or chocolate-like confectionery mass having an increased water content is moulded and then subjected to a microwave treatment prior to, during, and/or after cooling. The heat resistance is developed essentially instantaneously and the obtained product can be subjected to temperatures of up to about 40 or even 50° C. without losing its form. The invention also relates to the products obtainable by that process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: KRAFT FOODS R&D, INC.
    Inventor: Stephan Simburger
  • Patent number: 7579031
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing heat-resistant chocolate or chocolate-like confectionery products wherein (I) chocolate mass or chocolate-like confectionery mass which has been mixed with a water-in-oil emulsion or (ii) chocolate mass or chocolate-like confectionery mass having an increased water content is moulded and then subjected to a microwave treatment prior to, during, and/or after cooling. The heat resistance is developed essentially instantaneously and the obtained product can be subjected to temperatures of up to about 40 or even 50° C. without losing its form. The invention also relates to the products obtainable by that process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Kraft Foods R & D, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephan Simbürger
  • Publication number: 20060153966
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing heat-resistant chocolate or chocolate-like confectionery products wherein (I) chocolate mass or chocolate-like confectionery mass which has been mixed with a water-in-oil emulsion or (ii) chocolate mass or chocolate-like confectionery mass having an increased water content is moulded and then subjected to a microwave treatment prior to, during, and/or after cooling. The heat resistance is developed essentially instantaneously and the obtained product can be subjected to temperatures of up to about 40 or even 50° C. without losing its form. The invention also relates to the products obtainable by that process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventor: Stephan Simburger
  • Patent number: 5853786
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for continuous production of cheese products in which: a) an essentially homogeneous liquid product stream is produced from the starting materials necessary to produce the cheese product; b) the liquid product stream is, if desired, subjected to heat treatment; c) the product stream is, if desired, cooled down to a temperature suited for setting viscosity; d) the viscosity of the liquid product stream is set to a desired value by directing all or part of the product stream through a closed circulation system, at least at the beginning of the process, and in the process, subjecting it to a shear force; and e) the product stream is diverted from the circulation system and, after any desired further treatment and/or interim storage is removed as a finished product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmet Anbarci, Josef Sebastian Nassauer, Stephan Simburger
  • Patent number: D414407
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Kraft Jacobs Suchard R&D, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Simburger, Klaus Rolf Wernecke
  • Patent number: D416486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Simburger, Klaus Rolf Wernecke
  • Patent number: D420286
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Kraft Jacobs Suchard R&D, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Simburger, Klaus Rolf Wernecke