Patents by Inventor Eric Kline

Eric Kline 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).

  • Sugar esters and an improved anhydrous method of manufacture
    Patent number: 4683299
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved process for the synthesis of sugar esters carried out in a substantially anhydrous system and in the presence of an organic acid chloride. Any of the known available sugars may be used and in particular hydrolyzate sugars derived from starch are effectively employed in accordance with the present invention to produce sugar esters having superior emulsifying characteristics for use as an ingredient in food products for human consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1987
    Assignee: Nebraska Department of Economic Development
    Inventors: Sandra Kea, Charles E. Walker, Eric Kline