Patents by Inventor Charles E. Ratcliff

Charles E. Ratcliff 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 of stabilizing vegetable products in a retort-processed cheese and vegetable product
    Patent number: 5350592
    Abstract: A method of preparing a stable cheese and vegetable-containing product includes contacting relatively acidic (e.g. canned, drummed or jarred) vegetables with a buffer solution to equilibrate the vegetable matter at a pH which is compatible with the dairy proteins present in the cheese. The cheese base preferably has low total solids, low cheese and low reducing sugar contents, and thus can successfully be packaged and preserved via the retort process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: Recot, Inc.
    Inventors: David F. Duval, Kim C. Kruhmar, Charles E. Ratcliff
  • Retort-stable low solid cheese base composition
    Patent number: 5320860
    Abstract: A cheese base (cheese dip) composition has a low total solids content, a low cheese content, a low reducing sugar content and is stable to relatively high heat retort conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: Recot, Inc.
    Inventors: David F. Duval, Kim C. Kruhmar, Charles E. Ratcliff