Patents by Inventor Gary L. Hickernell

Gary L. Hickernell 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).

  • Sweetness inhibitor for pharmaceutical preparations and process for preparation
    Patent number: 5034214
    Abstract: A sweetness inhibited pharmaceutical product and a process for inhibiting sweetness is disclosed. In this product and process an effective sweetness inhibiting amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal heptyl sulfonate, an alkaline earth metal heptyl sulfonate, an alkali metal octyl sulfonate, an alkaline earth metal octyl sulfonate and mixtures thereof is added to an ingestible composition to which a sweetener has been added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Kraft General Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcia D. Palmer, Gary L. Hickernell, Paul R. Zanno
  • Sweetness inhibitor
    Patent number: 4992279
    Abstract: A sweetness inhibited ingestible product and a process for inhibiting sweetness is disclosed. In this product and process an effective sweetness inhibiting amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal heptyl sulfonate, an alkaline earth metal heptyl sulfonate, an alkali metal octyl sulfonate, an alkaline earth metal octyl sulfonate and mixtures thereof is added to an ingestible composition to which a sweetener has been added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: Kraft General Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcia D. Palmer, Gary L. Hickernell, Paul R. Zanno
  • Recovery of caffeine from caffeine adsorbents
    Patent number: 4443601
    Abstract: Caffeine adsorbed on caffeine adsorbents is recovered by contacting the carbon with a solvent, preferably an aqueous solution of ethylene carbonate or propylene carbonate. The caffeine adsorbent is contacted with the solvent for a period time sufficient to remove at least a portion of the caffeine adsorbed thereon and then separated from caffeine-containing solvent. The caffeine may be recovered from the solvent by precipitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Mark H. Karmiol, Gary L. Hickernell, Bertrand J. Hall