Patents by Inventor Derek Cottier

Derek Cottier 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).

  • Food fats
    Patent number: 4208445
    Abstract: A hard butter for confectionery use has an Iodine Value of at most 20, a maximum slip melting point of about 45.degree. C., a dilatation at 20.degree. C. of at least 900 and the combined fatty acid composition in random distribution of a blend of a lauric fat with a smaller amount of a non-lauric, C.sub.16 -C.sub.18 edible fat. Preferably the fats are coconut oil and a stearine of a palmitic fat i.e. a palm fat or cottonseed oil having an Iodine Value from 5 to 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1980
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company
    Inventors: Derek Cottier, John B. Rossell
  • Food composition
    Patent number: 4041188
    Abstract: Confectionery fat of improved melting and bloom-resistant characteristics comprises a blend of selectively hydrogenated C.sub.16 -C.sub.18 palmitic and non-palmitic fats, especially blends of separately hydrogenated components containing more than 50% of the palmitic component. Suitable palmitic fats include palm and cottonseed oils. Liquid vegetable oils such as soyabean and groundnut oil may be used as the non-palmitic fat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company
    Inventors: Derek Cottier, John Barry Rossell