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Additive Manufacturing System And Method For Printing Customized Chocolate Confections - EP2690966

The patent EP2690966 was granted to Barry Callebaut on Nov 8, 2023. The application was originally filed on Mar 28, 2012 under application number EP12714140A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Patent Maintained As Amended".

EP2690966

BARRY CALLEBAUT
Application Number
EP12714140A
Filing Date
Mar 28, 2012
Status
Patent Maintained As Amended
Jan 6, 2023
Grant Date
Nov 8, 2023
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Patent Citations (19) New

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Non-Patent Literature (NPL) Citations (4) New

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OPPOSITION- "Industrial chocolate manufacture and use", S.T.Beckett, (20090000), XP055590450-
OPPOSITION- ZIMMERMANN, "A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE", Chocolate Free Form Fabrication Using a Fused Deposition Modeling Approach, (20090800), XP055650338-
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