Richard Paul Apiscopa from 6526 Pine Arrow Ct, Spring, TX 77389, age 71

Soluble Coffee Brew Color Intensification
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US Patent:

20030207017, Nov 6, 2003
Filed:

May 3, 2002
Appl. No.:

10/137322
Inventors:

Richard Paul Apiscopa - Kingwood TX, US
Lawrence Patrick Tighe - Houston TX, US
David Griffith - Cedar Knolls NJ, US
International Classification:

A23F005/00
US Classification:

426/594000
Abstract:

A method is provided for producing a soluble coffee extract which, when reconstituted, produces an intensified in-cup brew color without altering the flavor of the cup of coffee. The method includes heating a coffee extract at a temperature and for a time selected to produce an intensified color coffee extract without altering the flavor of the coffee. The intensified color coffee is either immediately dried to form dried intensified color coffee or cooled while in the liquid state. The soluble coffee produced by this method has intensified color while its flavor remains unaltered. As desired, the soluble coffee may be packaged as an instant coffee, combined with traditional soluble coffee, incorporated into a liquid coffee product or combined with sugar, creamer, and flavors to form various soluble coffee products. Alternatively, the coffee exact may be directly incorporated into a ready-to-drink or a concentrated liquid coffee product without undergoing a drying step.

Filter Element Having Microperforations For Enabling The Passage Of Fluids During Brewing
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US Patent:

20140348984, Nov 27, 2014
Filed:

Mar 27, 2012
Appl. No.:

14/008471
Inventors:

Bary L. Zeller - Glenview IL, US
Richard P. Apiscopa - Kingsland TX, US
Greg A. Wiseman - New York NY, US
Sarita V. Porbandarwala - White Plains NY, US
Thomas A. Gibson - Ridgewood NJ, US
Assignee:

INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC - East Hanover NJ
International Classification:

B65D 85/804
US Classification:

426115
Abstract:

The present invention relates to a filter element for the extraction or brewing of beverages. In particular, the filter element facilitates brewing through increased permeability of fluid from a brewed beverage from brewable particles, such fluid including liquid and gas, and the easing of gas build up in a brewing device herein by the removal of gases emitted from a beverage medium housed within a beverage cartridge during brewing. The filter element may be used within a rigid, semi-rigid or soft pod that is insertable within a beverage brewer. The invention particularly concerns the brewing of coffee and coffee products in a coffee brewing machine configured to receive pods holding coffee particles that are injected with water and caused to brew coffee therefrom.