Patents by Inventor Robert F. Boutin

Robert F. Boutin 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).

  • Edible low density high surface area drug vehicle, method of manufacturing low density high surface area drug vehicle
    Publication number: 20040151756
    Abstract: An edible foam carrier is provided comprising aerated stabilizers adapted to receive a medicament. Also provided is a method for producing an edible foam carrier, the method comprising aerating a water-soluble stabilizer to create a three-dimensional structure, and confining medicaments to the structure. The structure can be homogenous or the result of multi-extrusion processes whereby a core and a sleeve are coextruded to define a single construct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Anthony P. Richards, Thomas J. Hinkemeyer, Robert F. Boutin
  • Animated food, food additive and method
    Patent number: 6270818
    Abstract: An animated food, containing a food animating product and method is disclosed. The animating food product is edible and animates the food by dispersing an outer mass in liquid and revealing an inner mass of the animating food portion that is different in appearance from the appearance of the animating mass prior to dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: The Quaker Oats Company
    Inventors: Paula M. Manoski, Michelle Salazar, John J. Smith, Robert F. Boutin, Thomas J. Hinkemeyer
  • Animated food product
    Patent number: 6159511
    Abstract: An animated food, containing a food animating product and method is disclosed. The animating food product is edible and animates the food by dispersing an outer mass in liquid and revealing an inner mass of the animating food portion that is different in appearance from the appearance of the animating mass prior to dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: The Quaker Oats Company
    Inventors: Paula P. Manoski, Michelle Salazar, John J. Smith, Robert F. Boutin, Thomas J. Hinkemeyer