Patents by Inventor Elena CRISTEA

Elena CRISTEA 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).

  • Methods for making grill-type smoked food ingredients
    Patent number: 11219234
    Abstract: A method for making a liquid (e.g. water or oil)-based food ingredient, having grill flavour properties, comprises: combusting in the presence of oxygen, an intimate mixture of (i) 2-15 parts by weight smoke source and (ii) 1 part by weight flavour source, to generate smoke; and combining the smoke with a liquid carrier, yielding the food ingredient, wherein the flavour source comprises a lipid having an oleic acid content (whether free or esterified) of 20% or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: PureSmoke Limited
    Inventors: Elena Cristea, Huw David Griffiths
  • Methods For Making Grill-Type Smoked Food Ingredients
    Publication number: 20190246672
    Abstract: A method for making a liquid (e.g. water or oil)-based food ingredient, having grill flavour properties, comprises: combusting in the presence of oxygen, an intimate mixture of (i) 2-15 parts by weight smoke source and (ii) 1 part by weight flavour source, to generate smoke; and combining the smoke with a liquid carrier, yielding the food ingredient, wherein the flavour source comprises a lipid having an oleic acid content (whether free or esterified) of 20% or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Elena CRISTEA, Huw David GRIFFITHS
  • METHOD FOR SMOKING LIQUIDS AND DEVICE THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20190216117
    Abstract: A method of treating a solution (e.g. comprising water and optional other components) to make smoked water for flavouring food, comprises: (i) providing a source of smoke and filtering the smoke to reduce its PAH content, (ii) providing a smoking vessel (e.g. pan) containing the solution, and (iii) introducing bubbles of filtered smoke into the solution while agitating the solution so as to break up the introduced smoke into a plurality of smaller bubbles of average diameter 2 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Huw David GRIFFITHS, Elena CRISTEA