Patents by Inventor Jacques Bain

Jacques Bain 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).

  • Process for treating deep-frozen vegetables
    Patent number: 5223293
    Abstract: The process for treating deep-frozen vegetable foodstuffs, comprising the following steps in succession:preparation and deep-freezing of the vegetable matter;coating of the pieces of vegetable matter with a coating composition without water which is essentially composed of one or more vegetable fatty substance(s),chilling of the pieces of vegetable matter which have thus been coated to bring the coating composition into a solid and sufficiently hard state;packaging and storage of the pieces of vegetable matter which have thus been coated and deep-frozen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Societe de developpement de l'industrie agro-alimentaire et de la pepiniere europeenne - SODIAPE
    Inventor: Jacques Bain
  • Process for treating an aromatic plant or herb, or a plant containing essential oils
    Patent number: 5093145
    Abstract: A process for treating an aromatic plant or herb or plants containing essential oils comprises a combination of operational phases which consist of effecting an enzyme blocking of the herb or plant; of a deep-freezing of the plant or herb; of an impregnating the herb or plant with the purpose of sequestering the water and flavors which are contained therein; and of drying and dehydrating the herb or plant at moderate temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: Daregal
    Inventors: Luc Darbonne, Jacques Bain