Patents by Inventor Allen Griffiths

Allen Griffiths 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 the manufacture of a green tea product
    Patent number: 7799364
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a green tea product with enhanced aroma. The method comprises the steps of: providing an aroma composition comprising E-2-hexenal and linalool in a weight ratio of at least 0.7:1; and combining the aroma composition with the tea product. Also provided are green tea products with enhanced aroma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Peter Colliver, Michael Alan Cooper, Allen Griffiths, Alan David Peilow, David George Sharp
  • Process for Tea Manufacture
    Publication number: 20090029003
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for manufacturing a leaf tea product. The process comprises the steps of providing fresh tea leaf, recovering aroma from the fresh tea leaf, and drying the fresh tea leaf to form the leaf tea product. The aroma is recovered whilst at least partially drying the fresh leaf in a low-convection dryer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Hitesh Ghanshyam Bagaria, Padma Balakrishnan, Michael Alan Cooper, Allen Griffiths, Vijay Mukund Naik, Alan David Peilow, David George Sharp, Gurmeet Singh
  • Method for the manufacturing of a green tea product
    Publication number: 20070160737
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a green tea product with enhanced aroma. The method comprises the steps of: providing an aroma composition comprising E-2-hexenal and linalool in a weight ratio of at least 0.7:1; and combining the aroma composition with the tea product. Also provided are green tea products with enhanced aroma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Steven Colliver, Michael Cooper, Allen Griffiths, Alan Peilow, David Sharp
  • Beverage precursor and process for manufacture thereof
    Publication number: 20070048429
    Abstract: A beverage precursor is provided in the form of a block weighing at least 0.2 g, and comprising plant extract (such as tea, coffee or cocoa solids) and one or more insoluble inclusions (such as a fruit or leaf). Also provided is a process for manufacturing the beverage precursor block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Allen Griffiths, Andrew Ormerod, Alison Russell, Simon Wantling
  • Processes and organisms for the production of anti-freeze proteins
    Patent number: 6887984
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing an anti-freeze peptide and to the peptides obtained from bacteria from an aqueous low-temperature environment, such as Marinomonas protea and a Pseudomonas species. These anti-freeze peptides can suitably be incorporated in frozen food products such as frozen vegetables and frozen confectionery such as ice-cream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark John Berry, Allen Griffiths, Philip John Hill, Johanna Laybourne-Parry, Sarah Victoria Mills
  • Processes and organisms for the production of anti-freeze proteins
    Publication number: 20020072108
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a novel anti-freezepeptide and to the peptides obtained from bacteria from an aqueous low-temperature environment, such as Marinomonas protea and a novel Pseudomonas species. These anti-freeze peptides can suitably be incorporated in frozen food products such as frozen vegetables and frozen confectionery such as ice-cream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Mark John Berry, Allen Griffiths, Philip John Hill, Johanna Laybourne-Parry, Sarah Victoria Mills