Patents by Inventor James E. Matherly, Jr.

James E. Matherly, Jr. 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 of reducing off-flavor in a beverage using silane-treated silica filter media
    Patent number: 7989010
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preventing or reducing off-flavor in a beverage. Silane-treated silica filter media are synthesized. By contacting the beverage with the silane-treated silica filter, one or more off-flavor substances or off-flavor precursors bind to the silane-treated silica filter media and are removed. Beverages that tend to develop off-flavor upon storage such as alcoholic, fruit, and vegetable beverages, are suitable for the present invention. The present invention provides a method that can reduce the level of off-flavor substances such as trans-2-nonenal, diacetyl, and cis-3-nonenal. The present invention also provides a method that can reduce the level of off-flavor precursors such as linoleic acid. The silica filter media useful for the present method include rice hull ash, oat hull ash, or diatomaceous earth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Herbert Martin Brothers, Jr., Gary L. Gibson, James E. Matherly, Jr., Margo Lynn McIvor, Anthony Revis
  • METHOD OF PREVENTING OR REDUCING OFF-FLAVOR IN A BEVERAGE USING SILANE-TREATED SILICA FILTER MEDIA
    Publication number: 20090232950
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preventing or reducing off-flavor in a beverage. Silane-treated silica filter media are synthesized. By contacting the beverage with the silane-treated silica filter, one or more off-flavor substances or off-flavor precursors bind to the silane-treated silica filter media and are removed. Beverages that tend to develop off-flavor upon storage such as alcoholic, fruit, and vegetable beverages, are suitable for the present invention. The present invention provides a method that can reduce the level of off-flavor substances such as trans-2-nonenal, diacetyl, and cis-3-nonenal. The present invention also provides a method that can reduce the level of off-flavor precursors such as linoleic acid. The silica filter media useful for the present method include rice hull ash, oat hull ash, or diatomaceous earth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Herbert Martin Brothers, jr, Gary L. Gibson, James E. Matherly, Jr, Margo L. Mcivor, Anthony Revis