Patents by Inventor Brian George Osborne

Brian George Osborne 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).

  • Assessment of Weather Damage in Cereal Grains
    Publication number: 20080201093
    Abstract: An NIR (near infra red) spectrum is obtained from a cereal grain sample and processed to deduce characteristics related to possible weather damage, for the purpose of assessing sample quality. In addition or alternatively, cereal grain is subjected to a compression test, for example to obtain data below the yield point of the shell of the grain, to determine state of any weather damage. An embodiment includes data processing to assess weather damage from data of NIR spectrum analysis and/or data from compression test analysis; a cross correlation is relevant where either of the NIR and compression tests alone are not sufficiently decisive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Robert Scott Anderssen, Lewis Bernard Whitbourn, Brian George Osborne, Ian John Wesley, John Kalitsis
  • Monitoring of dough properties
    Patent number: 6342259
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rapid and non-evasive method of monitoring dough development and dough mixing properties using near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of measuring the change in constituents of a grain flour dough during mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignees: Grains Research and Development Corporation, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Limited, BRI Australia Limited
    Inventors: Ian John Wesley, Nigel Grant Larsen, Brian George Osborne, John Howard Skerritt