Patents by Inventor Yung-Bool D. Sheng

Yung-Bool D. Sheng 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).

  • Dipeptide sweetened ready-to-eat cereal and coating method
    Patent number: 4614657
    Abstract: A sweet, coated, ready-to-eat cereal and a method for making the sweet, coated, ready-to-eat cereal where the coated ready-to-eat cereal comprises: (a) a ready-to-eat cereal base; (b) a dipeptide sweetener in an amount in the range of about 0.05% to 0.5% of the weight of the ready-to-eat cereal base; and (c) an edible acid selected from the group consisting of mono-, di- and tri-carboxylic acids which have at least one pK.sub.a in the range of about 3.0 to 6.0, wherein the dipeptide sweetener and the edible acid are intermingled in a coating on the ready-to-eat cereal base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1986
    Assignee: The Quaker Oats Company
    Inventors: Yung-Bool D. Sheng, Warren A. Widicus