Patents by Inventor Mathalai Balan Sudharsan

Mathalai Balan Sudharsan 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).

  • Publication number: 20130280396
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an instant beverage powder and, more particularly, to an instant soluble beverage powder which forms foam on its upper surface when reconstituted with water. The powder has a foaming porosity of at least 35% an open pore volume of less than 3 ml/g and a closed pore average diameter D50 of less than 80 micrometres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Boehm, Daniel Paul Donhowe, Patricia Ann Mathias, Xiaoping Fu, Joseph Bernard Rechtiene, Ulrich Kessler, Mathalai Balan Sudharsan, Helene Michele Jeanne Chanvrier, Anne Francoise Violette Briend, Stefan Schenker
  • Publication number: 20120121789
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an instant beverage product with good foaming and/or dissolution properties, wherein a layer of porous base powder is sintered while gas is forced through the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Anne Francoise Violette Briend, Mathalai Balan Sudharsan, Ulrich Kessler, Laurent Josef Henry Lach, Vincent Daniel Maurice Meunier, Helene Michele Jeanne Chanvrier, Jeremie Cartier, Dietrich Koch, Guido Sutter, Jean-Louis Duffey
  • Publication number: 20120021115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of instant beverage products which, upon reconstitution with liquid, form a foamy upper surface. The method makes use of a porous base powder to which the present invention also relates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Boehm, Daniel Paul Donhowe, Xiaoping Fu, Jaya Bharath Reddy Pagidala, Mathalai Balan Sudharsan
  • Publication number: 20110039007
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an instant beverage powder and, more particularly, to an instant soluble beverage powder which forms foam on its upper surface when reconstituted with water. The powder has a foaming porosity of at least 35% an open pore volume of less than 3 ml/g and a closed pore average diameter D50 of less than 80 micrometres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Boehm, Daniel Paul Donhowe, Patricia Ann Mathias, Xiaoping Fu, Joseph Bernard Rechtiene, Ulrich Kessler, Mathalai Balan Sudharsan, Helene Michele Jeanne Chanvrier, Anne Francoise Violette Briend, Stefan Schenker
  • Publication number: 20100278995
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of instant beverage granules which, upon reconstitution with water, form a foamy upper surface. The method makes use of a porous base powder to which the present invention also relates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Boehm, Daniel Paul Donhowe, Patricia Ann Mathias, Xiaoping Fu, Joseph Bernard Rechtiene, Ulrich Kessler, Mathalai Balan Sudharsan
  • Publication number: 20100215818
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an instant drink powder, preferably an instant coffee powder, which upon reconstitution provides improved foaming. The powder comprises particles having a porosity of at least 55%. The present invention also relates to the use of such a powder, as well as to the method of manufacturing said powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Ulrich Kessler, Jean-Louis Duffey, Marc Georges Dreyer, Michael Desmond Kauter, Mathalai Balan Sudharsan, Helene Michele Jeanne Chanvrier, Olaf Wehrspann, Xiaoping Fu