Patents by Inventor Pieter Versluis

Pieter Versluis 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).

  • Patent number: 10188124
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tea-based beverage composition comprising, calculated by weight of dry matter: 0.3-10% of dry tea components; 10-80% saccharide selected from sucrose, glucose, fructose and combinations thereof; 2-35% oil; 0.5-20% gelatinized starch; and 0.1-10% plant protein selected from leguminous protein, cereal protein and combinations thereof; wherein the composition contains less than 10% by weight of dry matter of particles of plant material comprising the plant protein wherein said particles having a diameter of more than 10 ?m and wherein the gelatinized starch and the plant protein are contained in the beverage composition in a weight ratio of 1:1 to 20:1. The benefits of the invention can be realized in ready-to-drink beverages as well as in reconstitutable powders. The invention also provides a process for the preparation of the aforementioned tea-based beverage composition, the process comprising addition of a flour selected from leguminous flour, cereal flour and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Mia Claire Benjamin, Jadwiga Malgorzata Bialek, Pieter Versluis
  • Publication number: 20150320070
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tea-based beverage composition comprising, calculated by weight of dry matter: 0.3-10% of dry tea components; 10-80% saccharide selected from sucrose, glucose, fructose and combinations thereof; 2-35% oil; 0.5-20% gelatinized starch; and 0.1-10% plant protein selected from leguminous protein, cereal protein and combinations thereof; wherein the composition contains less than 10% by weight of dry matter of particles of plant material comprising the plant protein wherein said particles having a diameter of more than 10 ?m and wherein the gelatinized starch and the plant protein are contained in the beverage composition in a weight ratio of 1:1 to 20:1. The benefits of the invention can be realized in ready-to-drink beverages as well as in reconstitutable powders. The invention also provides a process for the preparation of the aforementioned tea-based beverage composition, the process comprising addition of a flour selected from leguminous flour, cereal flour and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
    Inventors: Mia Claire BENJAMIN, Jadwiga Malgorzata BIALEK, Pieter VERSLUIS
  • Publication number: 20120276271
    Abstract: A packaged savoury food concentrate in the form of a gel, for preparing a bouillon, a soup, a sauce, a gravy or a seasoning comprising: —a gelling system, —a liquid phase comprising a liquid polyol, —from 3% wt to 30% wt of salt, based on the weight of the total food concentrate, wherein the liquid polyol is present in an amount of from 0.1 wt % to 80 wt %, based on the total weight of the food concentrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Chiharu Inoue, Sabrina Silva Paes, Marion Esclarmonde Perrine, Alois Konrad Popp, Winfried Sailer, Pieter Versluis
  • Patent number: 5714449
    Abstract: A non-aqueous liquid cleaning composition comprising a non-aqueous organic solvent, particles of solid material dispersed in the solvent and a dispersant, wherein the dispersant is a hydrophobically modified material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Unilever Patent Holdings B.V.
    Inventors: Cornelis Bernard Donker, Pieter Versluis
  • Patent number: 5389284
    Abstract: Non-aqueous liquid cleaning products are formulated by dispersing particulate solids in an organic solvent by using a structurant or deflocculant which causes a viscosity reduction at low shear rates in that solids/solvent system or an equivalent system in which the solids volume fraction is sufficiently high to raise the viscosity of the solvent. The organic solvent may be liquid surfactant and/or other kind. The solids are any usable in liquid cleaning products. The structurant is any acid, salt or base which fulfils the aforementioned test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippus C. van der Hoeven, Arie van der Linden, Pieter Versluis, Terence A. Clarke
  • Patent number: 4422950
    Abstract: Effervescent bleach activator granules for use in washing and/or bleaching compositions comprising a bleach activator, a peroxoborate and a binding material are disclosed. Preferred granules include an alkali metal perborate monohydrate, preferably in a proportion at least equal to the amount of the bleach activator. These granules have the advantage that the reduction of mechanical loss when used in washing machines combined with a fast dissolution of and reaction between the bleach activator and the percompound in close proximity at a high local pH should improve the bleach performance, particularly in the low/medium temperature range, to a substantial degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1983
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company
    Inventors: Hermanus C. Kemper, Pieter Versluis