Patents Represented by Attorney Ellen Plotkin
  • Patent number: 7691873
    Abstract: A process for the production of a composition comprising a water-insoluble opioid which comprises the steps of: a) providing a mixture comprising: i) a water-insoluble opioid, ii) a water soluble carrier, and iii) a solvent for each of the opioid and the carrier, and b) spray-drying the mixture to remove the or each solvent and obtain a substantially solvent-free nano-dispersion of the opioid in the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: David John Duncalf, Steven Paul Rannard, James Long, Dong Wang, Andrew James Elphick, John Staniforth, Daniele Chauvin, Alison Jayne Foster
  • Patent number: 7655268
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for thickening a product by adding a mixture of PME-deactivated and non-PME deactivated vegetables or fruits to the product, as well as to a product and a thickening agent comprising that mixture and their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Unilever Bestfoods, North America, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ingrid Anne Appelqvist, Jadwiga Malgorzata Bialek, Caroline Anne Watson
  • Patent number: 7618668
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a farinaceous-based food product. The food product has a protein additive and a hydrophobic ester and it is dried in a manner to give a cross-section of the same a scanning electron microscopy image that visually displays substantially no protein fiber gaps or voids at about 2000 times magnification. The farinaceous-based food product is firm and not sticky after cooking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Unilever Bestfoods, North America Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Gimelli, Marc Joseph Glasser
  • Patent number: 7563434
    Abstract: Consumer products comprising a natural preservative system are described. The preservative system has a mixture of aliphatic and aromatic isothiocyanates and is suitable for use in a variety of consumer products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard Charles Sekula, Michael Charles Cirigliano, Monika Maria Tobolewska
  • Patent number: 7547458
    Abstract: Particulate compositions comprising 10-90% wt of a matrix material and 10-90% wt of triglycerides of fatty acids, wherein of said triglycerides the amount of H3 (triglyceride of 3 saturated fatty acids of 16 or more carbon atoms) and H2U (triglyceride of 2 saturated fatty acids of 16 or more carbon atoms and 1 cis-unsaturated fatty acid) taken together is at least 55% wt based on the total amount of triglycerides, wherein the compositions are preferably low in triglycerides of transunsaturated fatty acids, for use as for example a creamer and/or whitener. The invention also relates to a process for preparing such particulates and food products containing such creamer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Unilever Bestfoods, North America, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Eckhard Flöter, Gabriel J. Lansbergen, Rainer Weisbecker
  • Patent number: 7541056
    Abstract: High fiber and ambient stable fruit-based compositions are described. The compositions are ready-to-eat, low in fat and suitable to be beverages, fillings, dips, sauces, spreads or dressings. The compositions have less than 20.0 ppm of extracellular terminal unsaturated ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Unilever Bestfoods, North America, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonardo José Sanchez Aquino, Anthony John Barraclough, Ian Christopher Chandler, Rosemary Antoinette Golden, Frederik Michiel Meeuse, Luis Eduardo Saucedo Pizarro, Bernard Charles Sekula
  • Patent number: 7510737
    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: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Unilever Bestfoods, North America, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jadwiga Malgorzata Bialek, Leonardo José Sanchez Aquino, Penelope Eileen Knight
  • Patent number: 7494681
    Abstract: Food compositions comprising 5-80% wt of triglycerides of fatty acids, 2-80% wt of an edible salt, which compositions contain less than 15% moisture, wherein the amount of H3 (triglyceride of 3 saturated fatty acids of 16 or more carbon atoms) and H2U (triglyceride of 2 saturated fatty acids of 16 or more carbon atoms and 1 cis-unsaturated fatty acid) taken together is at least 55% wt based on the total amount of triglycerides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Unilever Bestfoods North America, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Cornelis Brug, Eckhard Flöter, Gabriel Lansbergen
  • Patent number: 7442400
    Abstract: An egg replacer composition is provided that has a low cholesterol content and that can be used for preparing bakery products. It includes, calculated on dry matter, 35-85 wt % protein, 10-50 wt % vegetable oil, 0.5-5 wt % stearoyl lactylate, 0.5-15 wt % carbohydrate and optionally vegetable lecithin in an amount, expressed as phosphatides, not exceeding 3 wt %. The cholesterol content is less than 0.5 wt %. The protein includes soy protein and egg white protein, at least half of the protein being soy protein. The PDI is at least 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Janos Bodor
  • Patent number: D558575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Pepijn Rutger Ruben Van Der Krogt, Guillermo Weyland, Fernando Moreira Muniz-Simas
  • Patent number: D565955
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Valérie Zoé Alice Bernard, Marie Cécile Paula Fontaine
  • Patent number: D573414
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Tiziano Joseph Bellon
  • Patent number: D580750
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnoldus Claassen, Luciene Pierin
  • Patent number: D607723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Joachim Alfred Dreier, Luciene Pierin, Stefano Trombetta
  • Patent number: D607724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Joachim Alfred Dreier, Luciene Pierin, Stefano Trombetta
  • Patent number: D609087
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Joachim Alfred Dreier, Luciene Pierin, Stefano Trombetta
  • Patent number: D612737
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Vinod Kumar Bansal
  • Patent number: D612738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Vinod Kumar Bansal
  • Patent number: D613156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Joseph Francis, Sean Richard Harvey
  • Patent number: D613157
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Joseph Francis, Sean Richard Harvey