Patents by Inventor Eric Thomas Best

Eric Thomas Best 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).

  • Chewy candy analogue, method of making, and composite ice confections containing same
    Patent number: 6824808
    Abstract: A chewy candy analogue that is compatible with ice confectionery products, particularly in terms of the process, storage and consumption conditions of ice confectionery products, is manufactured to provide specific properties in respect of fluid rheology, heat conduction, insulation characteristics, setting rate and plastic deformation characteristic when processed in conjunction with regular ice confection products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Eric Thomas Best, Ronald Paul Renati, Lawrence Allan Kibler, William Michael MacInnes, Alois Raemy
  • Frozen confections comprising a gel composition
    Patent number: 6548097
    Abstract: A frozen dessert product that includes as gel providing ingredients an anionic gelling hydrocolloid and a gelation controller or inhibitor, the ingredients providing or forming a gel having a hardness of between about 25 and 150 g and an adhesiveness of less than 5 g.s. Also, composite frozen confections containing such a gel and methods for making the gel and products containing the gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Eric Thomas Best, Harald Peter, Ronald P. Renati, Surintrspanont Singhachai
  • Chewy candy analogue, method of making, and composite ice confections containing same
    Publication number: 20030035877
    Abstract: A chewy candy analogue that is compatible with ice confectionery products, particularly in terms of the process, storage and consumption conditions of ice confectionery products, is manufactured to provide specific properties in respect of fluid rheology, heat conduction, insulation characteristics, setting rate and plastic deformation characteristic when processed in conjunction with regular ice confection products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Eric Thomas Best, Ronald Paul Renati, Lawrence Allan Kibler, William Michael MacInnis, Alois Raemy
  • Soft textured, aqueous-based ice confection
    Patent number: 6399134
    Abstract: An aqueous-based frozen confection having a hardness of 20-100 g and containing 0.2-0.5% a stabilizer composition of a mixture of guar, locust bean gum, carboxymethylcelulose and carrageenan. Preferably, the stabilizer elements in the stabilizer composition are present in relative amounts in relative amounts in parts by weight: guar 8-20, locust bean gum 1.5-4.5, carboxymethylcellulose 1.2-2.8 and carrageenan 0.6-1.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Eric Thomas Best, Ronald P. Renati, George F. Tonner
  • Slow melting coating for ice confections
    Patent number: 6379724
    Abstract: An ice confection coating of an aqueous based sol containing a pectin and a setting agent in an amount sufficient to cause gelation of the sol. Also included are methods for preparing the coating, methods for applying the coating, and the resultant coated ice confection products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Eric Thomas Best, Linda Coulter, Julia Ellen Erickson Decruz