Patents by Inventor Eric G. Sumner

Eric G. Sumner 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).

  • Method And Apparatus For Making Beverages
    Publication number: 20120189747
    Abstract: A process for making stable and uniformly dispersed oil-in-water beverage emulsions is provided. The process comprises combining an oil mixture and an aqueous mixture to form a beverage pre-emulsion; in-line mixing of the beverage pre-emulsion; and homogenizing of the beverage pre-emulsion to form a stable and uniformly dispersed beverage emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicants: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, PEPSICO, INC.
    Inventors: Richard K. Grenville, Eric G. Sumner, Babatunde I. Aremu, Kathleen DaCunha, Todd A. Katz
  • Method and apparatus for making beverages
    Patent number: 8153180
    Abstract: A process for making stable and uniformly dispersed oil-in-water beverage emulsions is provided. The process comprises combining an oil mixture and an aqueous mixture to form a beverage pre-emulsion; in-line mixing of the beverage pre-emulsion; and homogenizing of the beverage pre-emulsion to form a stable and uniformly dispersed beverage emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignees: PepsiCo, Inc., E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company
    Inventors: Richard K. Grenville, Eric G. Sumner, Babatunde Aremu, Todd A. Katz, Kathleen Da Cunha