IP Library Patent Application 11601327
Patent Application
App. No. 11/601,327

Articles of commerce comprising stomach friendly coffee products

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11/601,327
Abstract

Articles of commerce comprising a container including a coffee product containing Robusta and Arabica coffee roasted to an overall Hunter L color of no darker than about 19L and a message communicating that the coffee is stomach friendly.

Claims (35)

1 . An article of commerce comprising:

a container including:

a coffee product comprising:

Robusta and Arabica coffee roasted to an overall Hunter L color of no darker than about 19 L; and

a message communicating that the coffee is stomach friendly.

2 . The article of claim 1 wherein the coffee product comprises from about 5% to about 40% of the Robusta coffee and from about 60% to about 95% of an Arabica coffee.

3 . The article of claim 1 wherein the coffee product is roasted to an overall Hunter L color of no darker than about 20 L.

4 . The article of claim 1 wherein the coffee product comprises from about 15% to about 30% of the Robusta coffee and from about 65% to about 85% of the Arabica coffee.

5 . The article of claim 1 comprising a catechol level of less than about 120 ppm, a hydroquinone level of less than about 15 ppm and a pyrogallol level of less than about 75 ppm.

6 . An article of commerce comprising:

a container including:

a coffee product comprising:

at least about 5% of a Robusta coffee;

at least about 60% of an Arabica coffee; and

a message communicating that the coffee is stomach friendly wherein the coffee comprises an overall Hunter L color of no darker than about 19 L.

7 . The article of claim 6 wherein the coffee product comprises from about 5% to about 40% of the Robusta coffee and from about 60% to about 95% of the Arabica coffee;

8 . The article of claim 6 wherein the overall Hunter L color is no darker than about 20 L.

9 . The article of claim 6 wherein the coffee product comprises from about 15% to about 35% of the Robusta coffee and from about 65% to about 85% of the Arabica coffee.

10 . The article of claim 6 wherein the coffee product comprises from about 20% to about 30% of the Robusta coffee and from about 70% to about 80% the Arabica coffee.

11 . The article of claim 6 comprising a catechol level of less than about 120 ppm.

12 . The article of claim 6 wherein the overall Hunter L color is no darker than about 21L.

13 . An article of commerce comprising:

a container comprising:

a coffee product including:

at least about 5% of a Robusta coffee;

at least about 60% of an Arabica coffee;

a catechol level of less than about 120 ppm; and

a message communicating that the coffee is stomach friendly.

14 . The article of claim 13 wherein the coffee product comprises from about 5% to about 40% of the Robusta coffee and from about 60% to about 95% of the Arabica coffee;

15 . The article of claim 13 wherein the coffee product comprises an overall Hunter L color of no darker than about 19 L.

16 . The article of claim 13 comprising a hydroquinone level of less than about 15 ppm.

17 . The article of claim 13 comprising a pyrogallol level of less than about 75 ppm.

18 . The article of claim 13 wherein the coffee product comprises from about 20% to about 30% of the Robusta coffee and from about 70% to about 80% of the Arabica coffee.

19 . The article of claim 13 wherein the coffee product comprises an overall Hunter L color of no darker than about 20 L.

20 . The article of claim 13 wherein the overall Hunter L color is no darker than about 21 L.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2008
From: MILLER, STEVEN W. - ASSISTANT SECRETARY ON BEHALF OF THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
To: FOLGERS COFFEE COMPANY, THE; KNUDSEN, JEANNETTE L.; EKONOMON, ADAM, ESQ.
Reel/Frame 021861/0880 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2007
From: MICKOWSKI, CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL; ZEHENTBAUER, GERHARD NORBERT; HELMERS, RALPH LAWRENCE; ZYZAK, DAVID VINCENT
To: PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE
Reel/Frame 019075/0968 →