Patents by Inventor Brenda L. Waite

Brenda L. Waite 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).

  • Hydroxypropylated Starch as a Processing Aid to Improve Resistant Starch Total Dietary Fiber (TDF) Retention in Direct Expansion Extrusion Applications
    Publication number: 20100189843
    Abstract: A composition comprising from about 3% d.s.b. to about 35% d.s.b. of a first starch, wherein the degree of substitution (DS) of the first starch with a hydroxypropyl group is from about 0.1 to about 0.6; from about 10% d.s.b. to about 50% d.s.b. of a second starch; and from about 15% d.s.b. to about 87% d.s.b. of a flour or a meal. A method, comprising extruding a composition as described above and from about 15% total weight to about 25% total weight water at a temperature from room temperature to about 200° C., to yield an extruded composition comprising less than about 5% total weight water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Wei Luke Xie, Donald Wayne Harris, Brenda L. Waite, Judy L. Turner, Doris A. Dougherty