Patents by Inventor Ashok Kumar Bhandari

Ashok Kumar Bhandari 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).

  • Hydroxycitric acid concentrate and food products prepared therefrom
    Patent number: 5656314
    Abstract: A hydroxycitric acid concentrate prepared from Garcinia rind including 23 to 54% by weight free hydroxycitric acid, 6 to 20% by weight lactone of hydroxycitric acid, 0.001 to 8% by weight citric acid, and 32 to 70% by weight water, wherein the free hydroxycitric acid, the lactone of hydroxycitric acid and the citric acid constitute 94 to 99% by weight of total solutes dissolved in the water. Also disclosed is a method of preparing such a concentrate from Garcinia rind, as well as food products containing hydroxycitric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Inventors: Scott Alexander Moffett, Ashok Kumar Bhandari, Bhagavathula Ravindranath, Karanam Balasubramanvam
  • Treatment of saponified synthetic fatty acids
    Patent number: 4101562
    Abstract: Unsaponifiable material is extracted from saponified synthetic fatty acids by treatment with a chlorinated hydrocarbon. The treatment is performed above about 70.degree. C at a pressure sufficient to ensure the hydrocarbon does not boil. The reactants settle into two layers without emulsification with the unsaponifiables contained in the lower chlorinated hydrocarbon layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1978
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company
    Inventors: Ashok Kumar Bhandari, Shrinath Sheshgiri Kalbag