Patents by Inventor Wilbur A. Gould

Wilbur A. Gould 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).

  • Bulk preservative storage of horticultural crops and pigments produced from green horticultural crops
    Patent number: 4369197
    Abstract: Horticultural crops may be stored in an acidic aqueous liquor at a temperature not exceeding about room temperature wherein the pH of the liquor is sufficiently low and the storage conditions are adequately starved of molecular oxygen to retard spoilage of the stored product. Following termination of the storage, the stored product is preferably at least partially neutralized at a temperature of between about 40.degree. and 60.degree. F. with a neutralizing agent to raise the pH of the stored product. When green horticultural crops are thus stored and thereafter boiled, a strong green coloration is produced and green pigments can be separated by solvent extraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1983
    Assignee: Ohio Agricultural Research & Development Center
    Inventors: Richard M. Basel, Wilbur A. Gould