Patents by Inventor Bhagavathula Ravindranath

Bhagavathula Ravindranath 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
  • Hydroxycitric acid concentrate and food products prepared therefrom
    Patent number: 5536516
    Abstract: A process of enriching hyroxycitric acid (HCA) from Garcinia rind in which a salt-free water extract of Garcinia rind is loaded onto an anion exchange column, eluted with a metal hydroxide for release of HCA. The water-extract is then treated with a cation exchange column to make free HCA as a free acid. The water extract is loaded at a capacity of 100 to 125% of the anion exchange column and at a capacity of 50 to 90% of the cation exchange column. The HCA can be added to food products such as beverages and snack bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignees: Renaissance Herbs, Inc., Vittal Mallya Scientific Research Foundation
    Inventors: Scott A. Moffett, Ashok K. Bhandari, Bhagavathula Ravindranath