Patents by Inventor Daniel R. Green
Daniel R. Green 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).
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Patent number: 11632977Abstract: Described are coated food products having a sugar (sucrose) coating, the coating exhibiting desirable levels of sucrose crystallinity and a desired sucrose ratio (total sucrose per total soluble solids), as well as methods or preparing such coated food products and coating.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J Barrett, Douglas L Goedeken, Daniel R Green, Victor T Huang, Lauren A Jacobson Greevers, Christine M Nowakowski, Scott K Whitman, Danielle M Wojdyla Christensen
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Publication number: 20230111367Abstract: One method includes temporarily sealing and isolating a portion of a wellbore with a reusable sealing and isolation element, performing a fracturing process in the portion of the wellbore that is isolated, and after the fracturing process is complete, unsealing or de-isolating the portion of the wellbore by temporarily changing a configuration of the reusable sealing and isolation element. Use of the reusable sealing and isolation element may reduce, or eliminate, the need for remediation operations, such as the removal of sealing plugs.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Stanley Jonathan Blois, Daniel R. Green, Alvaro Garcia, Ian Graham Janke, Gareth Nicholas Jones, Cullen Keyes
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Publication number: 20230016707Abstract: Cooked and uncooked caramel slurries and products prepared using the cooked caramel slurries, and methods of preparing caramel slurries and coating a cooked caramel slurry onto a food piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Daniel R. Green, Katia Severova-Epp, Jazmine N. Gosey, Joel R. Lafavor
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Patent number: 11540552Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for continuously coating food pieces. The methods include a steps of directing and uncoated food stream through an enrober to apply a first coating to at least a portion of a surface of each food piece to form a coated stream and continuously redirecting a portion of the coated stream back through the enrober along with the stream of uncoated food pieces to apply at least one additional coating to the portion of the coated stream.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Daniel R Green, Jekaterina Severova-Epp, Thomas M Jarl
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Patent number: 11470854Abstract: Cooked and uncooked caramel slurries and products prepared using the cooked caramel slurries, and methods of preparing caramel slurries and coating a cooked caramel slurry onto a food piece.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Daniel R Green, Katia Severova-Epp, Jazmine N Gosey, Joel R Lafavor
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Publication number: 20220218011Abstract: Disclosed are improved sugar coatings for topically pre-sweetened food products that are sugar reduced whether in the form of a syrup or in the form of a dried coating. The syrup form is useful as an intermediate product in the preparation of pre-sweetened food products. In dry form, the present formulations can be a component part of a composite food product especially in the form of a topical coating or filling. The present invention is particularly suited for the preparation of R-T-E pre-sweetened cereals. The coating formulations comprise less than 70% sucrose, corn syrup and 1-20% non-hydrated integrated starch and preferably about 5-10% insoluble mineral salts each of particle size of about 50 microns.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Barrett, Patrick C. Dreese, Daniel R. Green, Victor T. Huang, Christine Nowakowski, Fern A. Panda, Scott Whitman
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Patent number: 11297870Abstract: Disclosed are improved sugar coatings for topically pre-sweetened food products that are sugar reduced whether in the form of a syrup or in the form of a dried coating. The syrup form is useful as an intermediate product in the preparation of pre-sweetened food products. In dry form, the present formulations can be a component part of a composite food product especially in the form of a topical coating or filling. The present invention is particularly suited for the preparation of R-T-E pre-sweetened cereals. The coating formulations comprise less than 70% sucrose, corn syrup and 1-20% non-hydrated integrated starch and preferably about 5-10% insoluble mineral salts each of particle size of about 50 microns.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Barrett, Patrick C. Dreese, Daniel R. Green, Victor T. Huang, Christine Nowakowski, Fern A. Panda, Scott Whitman
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Publication number: 20220081982Abstract: In one example, an apparatus includes a body, a propulsion system configured to move the body in a forward direction and in a reverse direction, and a reusable sealing and isolation element connected to the body and configured to be deployed so as to selectively seal and isolate sections or stages in a wellbore when the apparatus is disposed in the wellbore. The reusable sealing element may be selectively employed to isolate, and de-isolate, a portion of the wellbore, such as in connection with a perforation process for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Stanley Jonathan Blois, Daniel R. Green, Alvaro Garcia, Ian Graham Janke, Gareth Nicholas Jones, Cullen Keyes
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Patent number: 10973233Abstract: A coated food product is produced by combining a plurality of dry ingredients to form a dry mix and combining the dry mix with water to form a dough. A plurality of base pieces is formed from the dough. A slurry is prepared by combining at least sucrose, fruit purée and calcium carbonate. The slurry is combined with the plurality of base pieces to coat the plurality of base pieces and form a plurality of coated base pieces. After preparing the slurry and before combining the slurry with the plurality of base pieces, the slurry is stored or held for at least 30 minutes.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Xia Liu, Carol Uy, Daniel R Green, Douglas J Novak, Gregory L Godsey
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Publication number: 20200260774Abstract: Described are coated food products having a sugar (sucrose) coating, the coating exhibiting desirable levels of sucrose crystallinity and a desired sucrose ratio (total sucrose per total soluble solids), as well as methods or preparing such coated food products and coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Barrett, Douglas L. Goedeken, Daniel R. Green, Victor T. Huang, Lauren A. Jacobson Greevers, Christine M. Nowakowski, Scott K. Whitman, Danielle M. Wojdyla Christensen
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Publication number: 20200138087Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for continuously coating food pieces. The methods include a steps of directing and uncoated food stream through an enrober to apply a first coating to at least a portion of a surface of each food piece to form a coated stream and continuously redirecting a portion of the coated stream back through the enrober along with the stream of uncoated food pieces to apply at least one additional coating to the portion of the coated stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Daniel R Green, Jekaterina Severova-Epp, Thomas M Jarl
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Patent number: 10617142Abstract: Described are coated food products having a sugar (sucrose) coating, the coating exhibiting desirable levels of sucrose crystallinity and a desired sucrose ratio (total sucrose per total soluble solids), as well as methods or preparing such coated food products and coating.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Barrett, Douglas L. Goedeken, Daniel R. Green, Victor T. Huang, Lauren A. Jacobson, Christine M. Nowakowski, Scott K. Whitman, Danielle M. Wojdyla Christensen
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Patent number: 10609947Abstract: Described are coated food products having a sugar (sucrose) coating, the coating exhibiting desirable levels of sucrose crystallinity and a desired sucrose ratio (total sucrose per total soluble solids), as well as methods or preparing such coated food products and coating.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Barrett, Douglas L. Goedeken, Daniel R. Green, Victor T. Huang, Lauren A. Jacobson, Christine M. Nowakowski, Scott K. Whitman, Danielle M. Wojdyla Christensen
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Patent number: 10575548Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for continuously coating food pieces. The methods include a steps of directing and uncoated food stream through an enrober to apply a first coating to at least a portion of a surface of each food piece to form a coated stream and continuously redirecting a portion of the coated stream back through the enrober along with the stream of uncoated food pieces to apply at least one additional coating to the portion of the coated stream.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2014Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Daniel R. Green, Jekaterina Severova-Epp, Thomas M. Jarl
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Patent number: 10543489Abstract: A delumper includes a housing defining a chamber in which edible material is received. The housing includes a screen having a plurality of holes and a plurality of inwardly extending fingers. The holes are sized such that edible material of a first diameter is capable of passing through the holes and edible material of a second, larger diameter is incapable of passing through the holes. The fingers are arranged in at least a first row, and the first row is located at or between a 5:00 position and a 7:30 position. The delumper further includes a rotatable shaft including a plurality of paddles spaced along a length of the shaft. When the shaft rotates, each of the paddles passes between adjacent fingers of the first row such that edible material located within the chamber is forced into contact with the fingers and cleaved by the paddles.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Daniel R Green, Michael J Engstrom, David Gale
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Patent number: 10499681Abstract: Described are food products such as ready to eat cereal having a base and a coating; examples include a base, a slurry layer over the base produced by applying a slurry coating to the base, the slurry layer having less than about 80% sucrose on a dry weight basis, and a particulate layer on the slurry layer. The particulate layer can be produced by dry charging particulates onto the slurry coated base. Particulates include be one or more of pregel starch, high molecular weight dextrin, high molecular weight soluble fiber, partially soluble fiber, insoluble fiber, protein, low solubility non-sugar compound, or sucrose, for example.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2012Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Barrett, Daniel R. Green, Victor T. Huang, Christine M. Nowakowski
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Publication number: 20190216102Abstract: A coated food product is produced by combining a plurality of dry ingredients to form a dry mix and combining the dry mix with water to form a dough. A plurality of base pieces is formed from the dough. A slurry is prepared by combining at least sucrose, fruit purée and calcium carbonate. The slurry is combined with the plurality of base pieces to coat the plurality of base pieces and form a plurality of coated base pieces. After preparing the slurry and before combining the slurry with the plurality of base pieces, the slurry is stored or held for at least 30 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Xia Liu, Carol Uy, Daniel R Green, Douglas J Novak, Gregory L Godsey
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Publication number: 20190022661Abstract: A delumper includes a housing defining a chamber in which edible material is received. The housing includes a screen having a plurality of holes and a plurality of inwardly extending fingers. The holes are sized such that edible material of a first diameter is capable of passing through the holes and edible material of a second, larger diameter is incapable of passing through the holes. The fingers are arranged in at least a first row, and the first row is located at or between a 5:00 position and a 7:30 position. The delumper further includes a rotatable shaft including a plurality of paddles spaced along a length of the shaft. When the shaft rotates, each of the paddles passes between adjacent fingers of the first row such that edible material located within the chamber is forced into contact with the fingers and cleaved by the paddles.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Daniel R. Green, Michael J. Engstrom, David Gale
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Publication number: 20180199587Abstract: Disclosed are sugar reduced aerated confections. The confections essentially comprise a first heterogeneous continuous phase including a structured amorphous saccharide, a second discontinuous phase including a multiplicity of gas cells. The first heterogeneous continuous phase includes a multiplicity of crystals distributed evenly throughout also including about 1%-35% by dry weight basis of a non-hydrated polysaccharide filler ingredient preferably starch in the form of discrete particles evenly distributed through the continuous phase having a mean particle size distribution of preferably less than 150 microns. The confectionery food products find particular suitability for use as ingredients for reduced sugar children's RTE cereals.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Susan L. Kamper, Fern A. Panda, Daniel R. Green
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Patent number: 9943086Abstract: Disclosed are sugar reduced aerated confections. The confections essentially comprise a first heterogeneous continuous phase including a structured amorphous saccharide, a second discontinuous phase including a multiplicity of gas cells. The first heterogeneous continuous phase includes a multiplicity of crystals distributed evenly throughout also including about 1%-35% by dry weight basis of a non-hydrated polysaccharide filler ingredient preferably starch in the form of discrete particles evenly distributed through the continuous phase having a mean particle size distribution of preferably less than 150 microns. The confectionery food products find particular suitability for use as ingredients for reduced sugar children's RTE cereals.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Susan L. Kamper, Fern A. Panda, Daniel R. Green