Patents by Inventor Daniel Johannes Dopfer

Daniel Johannes Dopfer 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).

  • CONFECTIONERY PRODUCT COMPRISING AGGLOMERATED OIL POWDER
    Publication number: 20150157040
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of oil powder and milk powders for the preparation of solid confectionery products wherein the oil powder is granulated together with the milk powder and other powder ingredients and then pressure agglomerated; to solid confectionery products comprising pressure agglomerated powder ingredients including an oil powder and a milk powder, wherein the oil powder comprises an inner core comprising an oil and an outer shell comprising a cross-linked emulsifier and to processes for the preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Tim Oliver Althaus, Daniel Johannes Dopfer, Gerhard Niederreiter
  • Method of sintering a composition
    Patent number: 8821951
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of sintering at least two powdered compounds with different water activities and glass transition temperatures keeping the total water content constant. The method allows sintering of two materials in a closed environment wherein the structure of one material is kept intact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Vincent Daniel Maurice Meunier, Markus Hubert Hartmann, Daniel Johannes Dopfer
  • CONFECTIONERY PRODUCT COMPRISING AGGLOMERATED OIL POWDER
    Publication number: 20140141147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid confectionery product comprising pressure agglomerated powder ingredients, wherein said powder ingredients comprise an oil powder, the use of an oil powder for the preparation of a solid confectionery product, and processes for the preparation of a solid confectionery product compacting or shaping the ingredients including an oil powder by a pressure agglomeration process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Daniel Johannes Dopfer, Tim Oliver Althaus, Judith Arfsten, Stefan Palzer, Gerhard Niederreiter, Baltasar Valles-Pamies, James William Outram
  • METHOD OF SINTERING A COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20130209632
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of sintering at least two powdered compounds with different water activities and glass transition temperatures keeping the total water content constant. The method allows sintering of two materials in a closed environment wherein the structure of one material is kept intact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Vincent Daniel Maurice Meunier, Markus Hubert Hartmann, Daniel Johannes Dopfer