{
  "patent_number": "US 12733656",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "Making Coffee Taste and Smell from Chemical Ingredients",
  "original_title": "Coffee replicas produced from individual components",
  "summary": "This patent describes how to create artificial coffee, including its taste and smell, by mixing separate chemical ingredients instead of brewing actual coffee beans.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent provides materials and methods for producing coffee replicas from individual components. These replicas can include one or more volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for aroma and one or more non-volatile compounds for taste. The abstract states that the coffee replicas can take various forms, such as a solution, a suspension, an emulsion, or a solid. For example, the technology could create a coffee bean replica, coffee grounds replica, or a ready-to-drink coffee beverage replica using these specific chemical building blocks.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Traditional coffee brewing methods that use roasted coffee beans as the primary source of flavor and aroma.",
    "Methods that rely solely on pre-existing coffee extracts or concentrates without breaking them down into individual chemical components.",
    "Replicas that only mimic the visual appearance of coffee without replicating its taste or smell using specific compounds.",
    "Processes for growing, harvesting, or processing natural coffee plants and beans.",
    "The creation of non-coffee-flavored beverages or food products."
  ],
  "filed": "2024-04-12",
  "granted": "2026-09-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": null,
  "holder_url": null,
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "food_and_beverage",
    "chemistry",
    "consumer_goods",
    "materials"
  ],
  "abstract": "Materials and methods for producing coffee replicas from individual components are provided herein. Such coffee replicas can comprise one or more volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and one or more non-volatile compounds. In some embodiments, the coffee replicas provided herein can have the form of a solution, a suspension, an emulsion, or a solid. For example, the coffee replica can be a coffee bean replica, a coffee grounds replica, a coffee granule replica, a coffee beverage replica (e.g., a ready-to-drink beverage) or a coffee concentrate replica.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12733656/coffee-replicas-produced-from-individual-components",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12733656/coffee-replicas-produced-from-individual-components/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12733656",
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