Patents by Inventor Ronald Peter Potman

Ronald Peter Potman 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: 20240138434
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing a structuring fat by the interesterification of a first fat with a high content of saturated long chain fatty acids with a second fat or oil to provide triglyceride compositions having an increased level of H-type fatty acids, especially C18:0 at the 2-position, the triglyceride compositions thus obtained and spreads made therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Georg Christian DOL, Ronald Peter POTMAN, Irene Erica SMIT-KINGMA
  • Publication number: 20240130388
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing a structuring fat by the interesterification of a first fat with a high content of saturated long chain fatty acids with a second fat or oil to provide triglyceride compositions having an increased level of H-type fatty acids, especially C18:0 at the 2-position, the triglyceride compositions thus obtained and spreads made therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Georg Christian DOL, Ronald Peter Potman, Irene Erica Smit-Kingma
  • Publication number: 20240090524
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing a structuring fat by the interesterification of a first fat with a high content of saturated long chain fatty acids with a second fat or oil to provide triglyceride compositions having an increased level of H-type fatty acids, especially C18:0 at the 2-position, the triglyceride compositions thus obtained and spreads made therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Georg Christian DOL, Ronald Peter POTMAN, Irene Erica SMIT-KINGMA
  • Publication number: 20230345958
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a process for the preparation of a fat comprising enzymatic transesterification of an oil with a fatty acid mixture having more than 80 wt. % fatty acids of the H type to provide a triglyceride mixture containing more than 60% saturated fatty acids and with a high degree of saturation on the 2-position and a triglyceride mixture obtained thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Georg Christian DOL, Ronald Peter POTMAN, Irene Erica SMIT-KINGMA, Marc Jules A. KELLENS
  • Patent number: 11388908
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of an edible fat slurry containing oil and solid fat particles of hardstock fat, in which said slurry is made by adding a melted hardstock fat to cold liquid oil in a vessel over a period of time. The invention also relates to a process for turning such slurry into an oil-continuous emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: UPFIELD EUROPE B.V.
    Inventors: Wim Theodorus Hogervorst, Frederik Michiel Meeuse, Abraham Leenhouts, Ronald Peter Potman
  • Patent number: 11350644
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing edible fat continuous emulsions comprising 10 to 85 wt. % of a dispersed water-phase and 15 to 90 wt. % of total fat, said process comprising the steps of: a. providing a water-phase; b. providing liquid oil; c. providing fat powder comprising hardstock fat; d. providing hardstock fat in liquid form; e. mixing fat powder comprising hardstock fat, hardstock fat in liquid form and liquid oil to provide an oil-slurry; f. mixing the oil-slurry provided at step ‘e’ with the water-phase to provide a water-in-oil emulsion, wherein the fat powder is not subjected to temperatures at which a substantial part of the fat powder melts. An edible fat continuous emulsion comprising 10 to 85 wt. % of a dispersed water-phase and 15 to 90 wt. % of total fat, comprising at least 2 wt. %, based on the weight of total fat, of a first hardstock fat with the following solid fat profile: N20 from 65 to 95; N35 from 25 to 55; and further comprising at least 2 wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: UPFIELD EUROPE B.V.
    Inventors: Rudi den Adel, Georg Christian Dol, Ronald Peter Potman, Irene Erica Smit-Kingma
  • Publication number: 20200093152
    Abstract: A process for making edible oil-continuous emulsions by mixing slurries of hardstock fat crystals in oil with an aqueous phase to form an emulsion followed by addition of a melted hardstock. More in particular, the oil-continuous emulsions are spreads or margarines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Kees Frederik van MALSSEN, Frederik Michiel MEEUSE, Ronald Peter POTMAN
  • Publication number: 20180153187
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of an edible fat slurry containing oil and solid fat particles of hardstock fat, in which said slurry is made by adding a melted hardstock fat to cold liquid oil in a vessel over a period of time. The invention also relates to a process for turning such slurry into an oil-continuous emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Unilever BCS US Inc.
    Inventors: Wim Theodorus HOGERVORST, Frederik Michiel MEEUSE, Abraham LEENHOUTS, Ronald Peter POTMAN
  • Patent number: 9888700
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a spreadable edible emulsion, the emulsion comprising oil, water and a micronized fat powder, wherein during processing the oil with the fat powder with a minor amount of water is stored for a period of from 8 hours to 7 days prior to further processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Unilever BCS US, Inc.
    Inventors: Cornelis Johannes Kroon, Ronald Peter Potman, Irene Erica Smit-Kingma
  • Publication number: 20160213018
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing edible fat continuous emulsions comprising 25 to 60 wt. % of fat, and which emulsion can be made without the usual mono- and/or diglyceride emulsifier. The process involves structuring the oil phase and stabilizing the emulsion by a combination of fat powder comprising hardstock and hardstock blended with the oil of the emulsion in liquid form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Rudi DEN ADEL, Georg Christian DOL, Kai GREBENKÄMPER, Abraham LEENHOUTS, Ronald Peter POTMAN, Irene Erica SMIT-KINGMA, Farley Ferdinand TIO
  • Publication number: 20150296826
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a spreadable edible emulsion, the emulsion comprising oil, water and a micronised fat powder, wherein during processing the oil with the fat powder with a minor amount of water is stored for a period of from 8 hours to 7 days prior to further processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
    Inventors: Cornelis Johannes KROON, Ronald Peter POTMAN, Irene Erica SMIT-KINGMA
  • Publication number: 20150140197
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing edible fat continuous emulsions comprising 10 to 85 wt. % of a dispersed water-phase and 15 to 90 wt. % of total fat, said process comprising the steps of: a. providing a water-phase; b. providing liquid oil; c. providing fat powder comprising hardstock fat; d. providing hardstock fat in liquid form; e. mixing fat powder comprising hardstock fat, hardstock fat in liquid form and liquid oil to provide an oil-slurry; f. mixing the oil-slurry provided at step ‘e’ with the water-phase to provide a water-in-oil emulsion, wherein the fat powder is not subjected to temperatures at which a substantial part of the fat powder melts. An edible fat continuous emulsion comprising 10 to 85 wt. % of a dispersed water-phase and 15 to 90 wt. % of total fat, comprising at least 2 wt. %, based on the weight of total fat, of a first hardstock fat with the following solid fat profile: N20 from 65 to 95; N35 from 25 to 55; and further comprising at least 2 wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Rudi den Adel, Georg Christian Dol, Ronald Peter Potman, Irene Erica Smit-Kingma
  • Publication number: 20140342080
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of an edible low-fat water-in-oil emulsion comprising an aqueous phase and at most 45 wt. % of a fat phase, wherein said fat phase comprises liquid oil and structuring fat, comprising the steps of: a. providing an aqueous phase comprising a gelling system; b. providing fat powder comprising structuring fat; c. forming the edible low-fat water-in-oil emulsion by mixing said aqueous phase, said fat powder and liquid oil; •wherein the aqueous phase comprising a gelling system at step c has a viscosity of at most 100 mPas at 5 degrees Celsius, •and wherein the liquid oil may be mixed at any of steps a, b or c, or when mixed in parts in any combination at steps a, b and c The invention further relates to an edible low-fat water-in-oil emulsion comprising •at most 45 wt. % of a fat phase, and •at most 25 wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Georg Christian Dol, Abraham Leenhouts, Ronald Peter Potman, Farley Tio
  • Patent number: 8124152
    Abstract: Granule comprising lipid powder particles having a microporous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Jozef M Janssen, Wim Theodorus Hogervorst, Ronald Peter Potman, Jan Hendrik T Verbeek
  • Publication number: 20080317917
    Abstract: Granule comprising lipid powder particles having a microporous structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Johannes Jozef M. Janssen, Wim Theodorus Hogervorst, Ronald Peter Potman, Jan Hendrik T. Verbeek