Patents by Inventor Charles Edward Coco

Charles Edward Coco 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).

  • Publication number: 20030017216
    Abstract: Extracts of Cannabis are prepared by processes utilizing a time-sensitive partial extraction wherein the solvent is allowed to contact the Cannabis plant material for a period of time less than that needed to reach an equilibrium of dissolved cannabinoids in solvent. Such time-sensitive selective partial extraction may also be utilized with other medicinal plants having elevated levels of soluble therapeutic components in plant surface structures or near-surface structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Robert Gustav Schmidt, Charles Edward Coco
  • Patent number: 6187367
    Abstract: A low viscosity, high gel strength protein-starch composition is provided. The protein-starch composition contains a denatured protein material and a starch material which are complexed together where the starch material is in a substantially non-gelatinized state. The protein-starch composition has a low viscosity prior to cooking, yet has a high gel strength after being cooked. A meat emulsion is also provided which contains a meat material and the protein-starch composition. A process is provided for forming the protein-starch composition in which an aqueous slurry of a protein material is formed, the protein in the slurry is denatured by subjecting the slurry to temperatures sufficient to denature the protein, a starch material is mixed into the slurry of denatured protein, and the slurry of starch and protein material is spray dried under conditions which cause the protein material and starch material to complex without gelatinizing the starch material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Protein Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventors: Iue Chung Cho, Charles Edward Coco, Gregory A. Bates