Patents by Inventor Gerrit Marten Westhoff

Gerrit Marten Westhoff 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).

  • Process for concentrating fruit and vegetable juices, and concentrates thereby obtained
    Patent number: 7815961
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for concentrating vegetable juice or fruit juice, wherein a permeate stream and a retentate stream are formed by subjecting the juice to an ultrafiltration step and subjecting the permeate stream to evaporative concentration. Further, the invention relates to the use of the thus obtainable concentrated juice for preparing a vegetable or fruit juice by diluting the concentrate with water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Friesland Brands B.V.
    Inventors: Gerrit Marten Westhoff, Tjeerd Jongsma, Piet Haasen, Mathijs Hendrikus J. Martens
  • PREPARING DRIED PARTICLES USING A SUPERCRITICAL MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20090258132
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing particles from an aqueous liquid composition which further contains a composition to form the particles from, wherein the composition is contacted with a supercritical medium, so as to form the particles. The invention further relates to a method for drying aqueous composition, comprising the removal of water from the composition by contacting the composition with a supercritical medium, so as to form a dried product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Gerrit Marten Westhoff, Marnix Victor Ten Kortenaar, Albert Thijs Poortinga