Patents by Inventor Dieter Oberdoerfer

Dieter Oberdoerfer 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).

  • Cereal-based product with improved eating quality fortified with dietary fiber and/or calcium
    Patent number: 10004254
    Abstract: Inhibition of expansion of a cereal product, such as a ready-to-eat cereal, by a particulate insoluble component such as fiber and/or calcium is avoided by pelletizing the particulate insoluble component. A binder component, such as gelatinized starch, is used to bind particles of the particulate insoluble component into a coherent mass which is formed into non-expanded pellets for fortification of the cereal product. The expanded cereal products, such as extruded puffed RTE cereals which contain the pellets, exhibit a crisp, uniform texture and cell structure, improved, prolonged bowl life, a non-gritty mouthfeel, and a smooth, uniform surface appearance even though they are fortified with high amounts of the solid or particulate insoluble nutritional components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard H. van Lengerich, Nathan W. Lukecart, Friedrich P. Meuser, Dieter Oberdoerfer, Wolfgang Bindzus
  • Cereal-Based Product with Improved Eating Quality Fortified with Dietary Fiber and/or Calcium
    Publication number: 20170181462
    Abstract: Inhibition of expansion of a cereal product, such as a ready-to-eat cereal, by a particulate insoluble component such as fiber and/or calcium is avoided by pelletizing the particulate insoluble component. A binder component, such as gelatinized starch, is used to bind particles of the particulate insoluble component into a coherent mass which is formed into non-expanded pellets for fortification of the cereal product. The expanded cereal products, such as extruded puffed RTE cereals which contain the pellets, exhibit a crisp, uniform texture and cell structure, improved, prolonged bowl life, a non-gritty mouthfeel, and a smooth, uniform surface appearance even though they are fortified with high amounts of the solid or particulate insoluble nutritional components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard H. van Lengerich, Nathan W. Lukecart, Friedrich P. Meuser, Dieter Oberdoerfer, Wolfgang Bindzus
  • Cereal-based product with improved eating quality fortified with dietary fiber and/or calcium
    Patent number: 9560877
    Abstract: Inhibition of expansion of a cereal product, such as a ready-to-eat cereal, by a particulate insoluble component such as fiber and/or calcium is avoided by pelletizing the particulate insoluble component. A binder component, such as gelatinized starch, is used to bind particles of the particulate insoluble component into a coherent mass which is formed into non-expanded pellets for fortification of the cereal product. The expanded cereal products, such as extruded puffed RTE cereals which contain the pellets, exhibit a crisp, uniform texture and cell structure, improved, prolonged bowl life, a non-gritty mouthfeel, and a smooth, uniform surface appearance even though they are fortified with high amounts of the solid or particulate insoluble nutritional components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard H. van Lengerich, Nathan W. Lukecart, Friedrich P. Meuser, Dieter Oberdoerfer, Wolfgang Bindzus
  • Cereal-Based Product with Improved Eating Quality Fortified with Dietary Fiber and/or Calcium
    Publication number: 20130243925
    Abstract: Inhibition of expansion of a cereal product, such as a ready-to-eat cereal, by a particulate insoluble component such as fiber and/or calcium is avoided by pelletizing the particulate insoluble component. A binder component, such as gelatinized starch, is used to bind particles of the particulate insoluble component into a coherent mass which is formed into non-expanded pellets for fortification of the cereal product. The expanded cereal products, such as extruded puffed RTE cereals which contain the pellets, exhibit a crisp, uniform texture and cell structure, improved, prolonged bowl life, a non-gritty mouthfeel, and a smooth, uniform surface appearance even though they are fortified with high amounts of the solid or particulate insoluble nutritional components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Bernhard H. van Lengerich, Nathan W. Lukecart, Friedrich P. Meuser, Dieter Oberdoerfer, Wolfgang Bindzus