Patents by Inventor David H. Katzke

David H. Katzke 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).

  • Patent number: 10624356
    Abstract: A white wheat flour is made from a combination of a first flour stream including at least a non-heat treated low ash and low bran flour stream, and a second flour stream including a heat-treated high ash and high bran flour stream. The white wheat flour preferably exhibits an extensibility in the range of 160-180 for use in making raw dough used in sheeted dough manufacturing systems. Importantly, the specified processing of the invention only results in a change in extensibility of less than 20%. The raw dough composition can be packaged and stored in a refrigerated condition for subsequent use in making biscuits, rolls, croissants or the like. By heating the second flour stream, enzymes in the second flour stream are deactivated, thereby increasing the stability and refrigerated shelf life of the packaged raw dough composition to at least 120 days. In certain embodiments, one or more enzymes are reintroduced into the second flour stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: David J Domingues, Elliot Augst, Craig A Dowd, Patrick C Dreese, David H Katzke, James P Michaels, Thorne R Seese
  • Publication number: 20170265484
    Abstract: A white wheat flour is made from a combination of a first flour stream including at least a non-heat treated low ash and low bran flour stream, and a second flour stream including a heat-treated high ash and high bran flour stream. The white wheat flour preferably exhibits an extensibility in the range of 160-180 for use in making raw dough used in sheeted dough manufacturing systems. Importantly, the specified processing of the invention only results in a change in extensibility of less than 20%. The raw dough composition can be packaged and stored in a refrigerated condition for subsequent use in making biscuits, rolls, croissants or the like. By heating the second flour stream, enzymes in the second flour stream are deactivated, thereby increasing the stability and refrigerated shelf life of the packaged raw dough composition to at least 120 days. In certain embodiments, one or more enzymes are reintroduced into the second flour stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: David J Domingues, Elliot Augst, Craig A Dowd, Patrick C Dreese, David H Katzke, James P Michaels, Thorne R Seese
  • Patent number: 7258888
    Abstract: Described are methods of treating wheat grain, including reducing the amount of active enzymes in a milled wheat grain by treating a portion of the wheat grain that includes one or more of wheat bran or wheat germ to deactivate enzymes; as well as flour and dough compositions prepared from the treated portion of wheat grain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: General Mills Marketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick C. Dreese, David H. Katzke, Barbara E. Vincent