Patents by Inventor Blair C. Stephens

Blair C. Stephens 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).

  • PREPARATION OF ENZYMATICALLY HYDROLYZED STARCH
    Publication number: 20140343273
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to methods for preparing enzymatically hydrolyzed starch for use as a stabilizing agent that include the steps of first gelatinizing a starch and next, hydrolyzing the gelatinized starch with an enzyme having endo-hydrolytic activity. The present invention also pertains to the resulting enzymatically hydrolyzed starch for use as a stabilizing agent within emulsions, beverages, food products and industrial products prepared using the enzymatically hydrolyzed starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dirk FONTEYN, John R. HEIGIS, Joseph Bernard HOLTWICK, Catharina Hillagonda HOMSMA, David J. MAURO, Dirk Reimond PROVOOST, Wen-Juin SHIEH, Blair C. STEPHENS
  • PREPARATION OF ENZYMATICALLY HYDROLYZED STARCH
    Publication number: 20110052780
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to methods for preparing enzymatically hydrolyzed starch for use as a stabilizing agent that include the steps of first gelatinizing a starch and next, hydrolyzing the gelatinized starch with an enzyme having endo-hydrolytic activity. The present invention also pertains to the resulting enzymatically hydrolyzed starch for use as a stabilizing agent within emulsions, beverages, food products and industrial products prepared using the enzymatically hydrolyzed starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dirk Fonteyn, John R. Heigis, Joseph Bernard Holtwick, Cathrina Hillagonda Homsma, David J. Mauro, Dirk Reimond Provoost, Wen-Juin Shieh, Blair C. Stephens