Patents by Inventor Carol Weiss

Carol Weiss 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).

  • Method of inhibiting discoloration of foodstuffs with hydrolysis mixtures of aldonic and sulfites
    Patent number: 5162127
    Abstract: Foodstuffs subject to oxidative or enyzmatic discoloration particularly fruits, vegetables and cereal grains are treated with a combination of hydrolysis mixtures of aldonic acids and their lactones, particularly gluconic acid and its lactones together with very small quantities of a sulfiting agent in aqueous solutions to assist in maintaining fresh appearance and inhibiting discoloration without detracting from the flavor or leaving residues of sulfites in quantities of public health significance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: American National Can Company
    Inventors: Carol Weiss, Richard J. Todd