Patents Represented by Attorney Ellen Plotkin
  • Patent number: 8332186
    Abstract: A method of generating a model of a real object derived from a model of a second object, the model of the second object being defined by an array of data points, a number of identifiable components and a number of further components, comprises measuring parameters of corresponding identifiable components of a real object corresponding to the identifiable components in the model the second object. An array of data points defining a first model of the real object is generated the measured parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Bates, Robert Lindsay Treloar
  • Patent number: 8273395
    Abstract: Shown is a process having the steps of: providing fresh tea material rich in stem; and expressing juice from the fresh tea material thereby to produce stem residue and tea juice having a mixture of tea compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Peter Colliver, David George Sharp, Ian Smith
  • Patent number: 8257769
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for recovering volatile compounds from an aqueous tea extract by distilling the said extract by fractional distillation comprising condensing of vapors, separating the oil phase condensate from the aqueous phase and refluxing the substantially oil-free aqueous phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Sameer Harnam Israni, Vijay Mukund Naik, Gurmeet Singh, Suranjan Sircar
  • Patent number: 8257721
    Abstract: An oral care product comprising a source of calcium ions, a source of phosphate ions, and an insoluble whitening agent for deposition onto the teeth, characterized in that the source of calcium ions and the source of phosphate ions are physically separate prior to the use of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Francis Butler, Yan Deng, Mary Heppenstall-Butler, Andrew Joiner, Haiyan Li, Xiaoke Li
  • Patent number: 8246943
    Abstract: The present invention provides for use of a composition comprising black tea flavonoids as a prebiotic and/or for the treatment or prevention of conditions associated with poor gut health or low immunity. The flavonoids comprise thearubigin in an amount of at least 82% by weight of the tea flavonoids. Also provided is an edible product comprising the black tea flavonoids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gautam Banerjee, Maxwell Oliver Bingham, Deepak Ramachandra Mhasavade
  • Patent number: 8211478
    Abstract: The present invention provides a beverage precursor comprising tea material and food-grade additive, wherein the beverage precursor is present in an amount wherein contact of the beverage precursor with 250 ml water for 2 minutes at 90° C. produces a beverage comprising catechins in an amount of between 0.05% and 2% by weight of the beverage. The present invention also provides a process for manufacturing a beverage precursor comprising macerating tea leaf and/or stem with a rotorvane and at least one CTC process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Peter Colliver, Ambalavanar Thiru
  • Patent number: 8101225
    Abstract: An aerated food product comprising at least 0.05 wt %, and preferably at most 50 wt %, of hydrophobic denatured protein particles whereby at least 50% of the number of said protein particles have in a hydrated state a diameter of more than 3 micron, and preferably less than 10% of the number of said protein particles have in a hydrated state a diameter of more than 300 micron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jadwiga Malgorzata Bialek, Matthew Duncan Golding, Petrus Wilhelmus N de Groot, Sudarshi Tanuja A Regismond, Simeon Dobrev Stoyanov
  • Patent number: 8088424
    Abstract: Shown is a process having the steps of: expressing juice from fresh tea leaves thereby to produce leaf residue and tea juice, wherein the amount of expressed juice is between 10 and 300 ml per kg of the fresh tea leaves; and processing the leaf residue to produce leaf tea and/or a tea extract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.,
    Inventors: Steven Peter Colliver, David George Sharp
  • Patent number: 8003153
    Abstract: A palatable green leaf tea from Camellia sinensis var. assamica is disclosed. Infusion of 2 g of the leaf tea in 200 ml water for 1.5 minutes at 90° C. produces a beverage comprising catechins in an amount of between 0.01 and 0.1% by weight of the beverage. Also disclosed is a process for manufacturing the leaf tea product wherein fresh leaf from var. assamica is macerated using a combination of a rotorvane and double-cone processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Peter Colliver, Peter Kiprotich Ngeno, Ambalavanar Thiru
  • Patent number: 7947322
    Abstract: An edible emulsion with insoluble fiber is described. The edible emulsion is suitable for use as a base for making reduced oil food products. The reduced oil food products made with the edible emulsion having insoluble fiber have consumer acceptable viscosities and texture and sensorial properties consistent with full fat food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Unilever Bestfoods, North America division of CONOPCO, Inc.
    Inventors: Jadwiga Malgorzata Bialek, Leonardo Jose Sanchez Aquino, Penelope Eileen Knight
  • Patent number: 7914838
    Abstract: An edible emulsion with insoluble fiber is described. The edible emulsion is suitable for use as a base for making reduced oil food products. The reduced oil food products made with the edible emulsion having insoluble fiber and diary ingredients have consumer acceptable viscosities and texture and sensorial properties consistent with full fat food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonardo Jose S Aquino, Khaldoun Ismail Ben-Smail, Jadwiga Malgorzata Bialek, Penelope Eileen Knight
  • Patent number: 7715894
    Abstract: An electrode cap for obtaining EPM signals from a head of a subject, the cap comprising: (i) an insulating layer (33) for positioning adjacent to the head of the subject; (ii) an electrically conductive layer (29) comprising ionic conduction means, situated above the insulating layer so that in use, it is separated from the head of the subject by the insulating layer; (iii) a plurality of measurement signal electrodes (13) extending through the electrically conductive layer and the insulating layer for contacting the head of the subject, the measurement signal electrodes being electrically insulated from the electrically conductive layer; and (iv) at least one reference node (53, 55) electrically connected to the electrically conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: William James Ross Dunseath, Tor Andrew Alden
  • Patent number: D613173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Vinod Kumar Bansal
  • Patent number: D617185
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Sibylle Wager
  • Patent number: D617654
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Mana Tawinsook
  • Patent number: D635860
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Manjeet Sahu, Shyamsunder Balakrishna Karekar
  • Patent number: D662416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Dieter Dziersk, James A. Shoemaker, Olivier Franck Currat, Harry Boer
  • Patent number: D667700
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter James Hayes, Benjamin James Lambert
  • Patent number: D668118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter James Hayes, Benjamin James Lambert
  • Patent number: D668273
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Giorgio Nicolai, Marco Bacchi