Patents by Inventor Kenneth John Gibson Reid

Kenneth John Gibson Reid 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 treating wood for use with alcoholic beverages
    Patent number: 5922389
    Abstract: A cask for storing alcoholic beverage is made of a pre-treated wooden material, such as oak wood, wherein the method of pre-treatment includes soaking the wood in a salt solution and heating or toasting the wood thereafter to produce a color change in the wood. Is has been found that impregnating the wood with salt extracts is beneficial in respect of flavoring and coloring the alcoholic beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: The Scotch Whisky Research Institute
    Inventors: Gordon Mark Steele, Kenneth John Gibson Reid, Andrew Frank Ward