Patents by Inventor Domenico Carbone

Domenico Carbone 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).

  • High-amylose starch
    Publication number: 20060240099
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a process for preparing pregelatinized high amylose starch, having the steps consisting of: forming a suspension comprising a high amylose starch and water; subjecting the suspension to steam jet cooking at a temperature of between 125 and 135° C. so as to obtain a pregelatinized high amylose starch paste; cooking and drying the pregelatinized starch paste on a drum dryer at a pressure of between 2 and 10 bar, so as to obtain a pregelatinized high amylose starch. A pregelatinized high amylose starch is also disclosed having an apparent density of less than 0.4 g/ml for a mean particle size of 100 micrometres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Domenico Carbone, Claude Quettier, Giovanni Semino, Ernesto Fossati
  • Process for cooking/drying high-amylose starches
    Patent number: 7118764
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a process for preparing pregelatinized high amylose starch, comprising the steps consisting of: forming a suspension comprising a high amylose starch and water; subjecting the said suspension to steam jet cooking at a temperature of between 125 and 135° C. so as to obtain a pregelatinized high amylose starch paste; cooking and drying the said pregelatinized starch paste on a drum dryer at a pressure of between 2 and 10 bar, so as to obtain a pregelatinized high amylose starch. Its subject is also a pregelatinized high amylose starch, having an apparent density of less than 0.4 g/ml for a mean particle size of 100 micrometers. Its subject is in addition the use of such a starch for the manufacture of soft gelatin capsules or of hard gelatin capsules and the film-coating of pharmaceutical, dietary or agricultural solid forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Roquette Freres
    Inventors: Domenico Carbone, Claude Quettier, Giovanni Semino, Ernesto Fossati
  • Process for cooking/drying high-amylose starches
    Publication number: 20030029444
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a process for preparing pregelatinized high amylose starch, comprising the steps consisting of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Domenico Carbone, Claude Quettier, Giovanni Semino, Ernesto Fossati