Patents by Inventor Arthur L. Moirano

Arthur L. Moirano 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).

  • Clarified konjac glucomannan
    Patent number: 6162906
    Abstract: A composition comprising a dry, clarified, water-soluble, konjac-derived glucomannan substantially free of insoluble impurities, having a nitrogen content of not greater than about 0.25 wt %, which has a turbidity potential as a 1.0% aqueous sol of not greater than about 20 turbidity units, as measured by the Formazin Turbidity Standard, as well as gels thereof; and methods for the preparation of the foregoing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Shiroh Ohashi, Gerald J. Shelso, Arthur L. Moirano, deceased, Walter L. Drinkwater
  • Composition and method for preparing dessert gel
    Patent number: 4307124
    Abstract: A method and a kappa carrageenan food composition that is swellable in cold water and gels at room temperature into a structure which is releasable from a mold and provides within the mouth of a consumer a desirable pulpy mouth feel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1981
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventor: Arthur L. Moirano
  • Compositions and method for preparing dessert gels
    Patent number: 4276320
    Abstract: A method and a kappa carrageenan composition for making a water dessert gel having a controlled melting temperature so as to soften or melt within the mouth of the consumer and providing for excellent flavor release, good mouth feel and containing only kappa carrageenan, and sodium salt of a sequestering agent with ionizable potassium in amounts sufficient to sequester all polyvalent cations present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1981
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventor: Arthur L. Moirano