Patents by Inventor Dick Copeland
Dick Copeland 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: 7122216Abstract: This invention relates to methods for treating oil bearing vegetable material, especially oilseeds. Methods of the invention provide for the isolation of certain components of oil bearing vegetable material, including isoflavones, vegetable oil, and a phosphatide fraction substantially free of flatulence-promoting undigestable oligosaccharides and substantially lacking objectionable taste. Methods of the invention also provide for the production of various protein-containing fractions substantially free of flatulence-promoting undigestable oligosaccharides and substantially lacking objectionable taste.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2003Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: I.P. holdings, L.L.C.Inventors: Dick Copeland, George L. Hoover, W. Maurice Belcher
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Patent number: 6942809Abstract: This invention relates to a method for treating soybean refinery wastewater. More particularly, this invention relates to a method for treating soybean refinery wastewater with an aqueous iron salt solution to produce purified water. An aqueous iron salt solution is admixed with soybean refinery wastewater, the resulting mixture is agitated and passed through at least one filter device to form a filtered effluent, and the pH of the filtered effluent is adjusted to a value below about 8 to form purified water.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2003Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: IP Holdings, L.L.C.Inventor: Dick Copeland
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Patent number: 6844458Abstract: The present invention relates to improved methods for refining vegetable oils. Vegetable oil is combined with organic acid and subjected to high shear to finely disperse the acid solution in the oil. The resulting acid-and-oil mixture is mixed at low shear for a time sufficient to sequester contaminants into a hydrated impurities phase, producing a purified vegetable oil phase.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2002Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: IP Holdings, L.L.C.Inventors: Dick Copeland, W. Maurice Belcher
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Publication number: 20040253354Abstract: This invention relates to methods for treating oil bearing vegetable material, especially oilseeds. Methods of the invention provide for the isolation of certain components of oil bearing vegetable material, including isoflavones, vegetable oil, and a phosphatide fraction substantially free of flatulence-promoting undigestable oligosaccharides and substantially lacking objectionable taste. Methods of the invention also provide for the production of various protein-containing fractions substantially free of flatulence-promoting undigestable oligosaccharides and substantially lacking objectionable taste.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2003Publication date: December 16, 2004Inventors: Dick Copeland, George L. Hoover, W. Maurice Belcher
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Publication number: 20040251209Abstract: This invention relates to a method for treating soybean refinery wastewater. More particularly, this invention relates to a method for treating soybean refinery wastewater with an aqueous iron salt solution to produce purified water. An aqueous iron salt solution is admixed with soybean refinery wastewater, the resulting mixture is agitated and passed through at least one filter device to form a filtered effluent, and the pH of the filtered effluent is adjusted to a value below about 8 to form purified water.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2003Publication date: December 16, 2004Inventor: Dick Copeland
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Publication number: 20040253353Abstract: This invention relates to methods for treating edible oils to remove objectionable impurities. More particularly, this invention relates to methods for deodorizing edible oils at reduced pressure in the presence of non-condensible inert gas, wherein a non-steam vacuum source maintains the operating pressure, and wherein the non-condensible gas is recovered and recycled for use in one or more deodorizing steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2003Publication date: December 16, 2004Inventors: Dick Copeland, Roger Koch, Stan Loft
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Patent number: 6750359Abstract: This invention relates to methods for treating distillates obtained during the process of deodorizing various oils. More particularly, this invention relates to methods for recovering fatty acids, tocopherols, and sterols from a distillate obtained from the deodorizing of various oils.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2001Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: IP Holdings, L.L.C.Inventors: Dick Copeland, W. Maurice Belcher
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Publication number: 20040030166Abstract: This invention relates to methods for treating distillates obtained during the process of deodorizing various oils. More particularly, this invention relates to methods for recovering fatty acids, tocopherols, and sterols from a distillate obtained from the deodorizing of various oils.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2002Publication date: February 12, 2004Inventors: Dick Copeland, W. Maurice Belcher
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Publication number: 20030050492Abstract: The present invention relates to improved methods for refining vegetable oils. Vegetable oil is combined with organic acid and subjected to high shear to finely disperse the acid solution in the oil. The resulting acid-and-oil mixture is mixed at low shear for a time sufficient to sequester contaminants into a hydrated impurities phase, producing a purified vegetable oil phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2002Publication date: March 13, 2003Applicant: IP Holdings, L.L.C.Inventors: Dick Copeland, W. Maurice Belcher
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Patent number: 6441209Abstract: This invention relates to improved methods for treating organic acid-treated phosphatides. More particularly, this invention relates to improved methods comprising providing a phosphatide-containing material obtained from organic acid refining of vegetable oil, adjusting the pH of the phosphatide-containing material to form a neutralized phosphatide, and drying the neutralized phosphatide for a time sufficient to produce a dried phosphatide containing hydrolyzed lecithin.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2001Date of Patent: August 27, 2002Assignee: IP Holdings, L.L.C.Inventors: Dick Copeland, W. Maurice Belcher
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Patent number: 6426423Abstract: This invention relates to improved methods for treating phosphatide-containing mixtures. More particularly, this invention relates to methods for recovering purified vegetable oil, aqueous organic acid, and organic acid-treated phosphatide from a phosphatide-containing mixture comprising an acid-and-oil mixture obtained from organic acid refining of vegetable oil.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2001Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Assignee: I.P. HoldingsInventors: Dick Copeland, W. Maurice Belcher
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Patent number: 6423857Abstract: This invention relates to improved methods for recovering fatty acids during purification of vegetable oil. More particularly, this invention relates to improved methods for recovering fatty acids from a phosphatide-containing material obtained from organic acid refining of vegetable oil.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2001Date of Patent: July 23, 2002Assignee: I.P. HoldingsInventors: Dick Copeland, W. Maurice Belcher
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Patent number: 6172248Abstract: The present invention relates to improved methods for refining vegetable oils and byproducts thereof. This invention also relates to an improved process for deodorizing lecithin. The invention additionally relates to deodorized lecithin and deodorized vegetable oil obtained by improved processes of the invention. In an organic acid refining process, vegetable oil is combined with a dilute aqueous organic acid solution and subjected to high shear to finely disperse the acid solution in the oil. The resulting acid-and-oil mixture is mixed at low shear for a time sufficient to sequester contaminants into a hydrated impurities phase, producing a purified vegetable oil phase. In a lecithin deodorizing process, a phosphatide concentrate is contacted with steam in a dryer operating at a pressure below 50 mm Hg and at a temperature of less than about 150° F. to form lecithin containing no more than about 0.5 percent by weight water.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 1998Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: IP Holdings, L.L.C.Inventors: Dick Copeland, W. Maurice Belcher
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Patent number: 6172247Abstract: The present invention relates to improved methods for refining vegetable oils and byproducts thereof. This invention also relates to an improved process for deodorizing lecithin. The invention additionally relates to deodorized lecithin and deodorized vegetable oil obtained by improved processes of the invention. In an organic acid refining process, vegetable oil is combined with a dilute aqueous organic acid solution and subjected to high shear to finely disperse the acid solution in the oil. The resulting acid-and-oil mixture is mixed at low shear for a time sufficient to sequester contaminants into a hydrated impurities phase, producing a purified vegetable oil phase. In a lecithin deodorizing process, a phosphatide concentrate is contacted with steam in a dryer operating at a pressure below 50 mm Hg and at a temperature of less than about 150° F. to form lecithin containing no more than about 0.5 percent by weight water.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2000Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: IP Holdings, L.L.C.Inventors: Dick Copeland, W. Maurice Belcher