Patents by Inventor Alan Wohlman

Alan Wohlman 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).

  • Method for frying foods and fried food products
    Patent number: 4283437
    Abstract: A method for counteracting the development of light-induced, undesirable organoleptic characteristics in oil-absorbing foods, especially farinaceous snack foods, fried in cottonseed oil which comprises frying the food in cottonseed oil from which the cyclopropenoid fatty acids have been extensively removed. Light-stable, farinaceous snacks and other food products containing cottonseed oil from which cyclopropenoid fatty acids have been removed are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1981
    Assignee: Frito-Lay, Inc.
    Inventors: Lucy L. Fan, Alan Wohlman, Bobby J. Longan
  • Process for preparing blister-inhibited potato chips
    Patent number: 4272554
    Abstract: Potato chips that are inhibited against blister formation during frying are obtained by providing a small, but limited, amount of very dilute calcium, e.g., calcium chloride, in the potato slices prior to frying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1981
    Assignee: Frito-Lay, Inc.
    Inventors: Otto E. Schroeder, Alan Wohlman, Michael G. Topor