Patents by Inventor Jan P Van Iersel

Jan P Van Iersel 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).

  • Food product comprising gas bubbles
    Patent number: 6579557
    Abstract: The invention relates to food products comprising an aqueous phase and gas bubbles, whereby said gas bubbles are substantially dispersed in the aqueous phase, and whereby said gas bubbles have a mean diameter size distribution with a maximum below 10 &mgr;m and whereby said aqueous phase comprises a compound capable of forming at least a partial coating around said gas bubbles. Food products are for example cheese, frying fats, dressings, margarines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Benjamins, Jacobus Van Eendenburg, Eckhard Floeter, Jan P Van Iersel, Karel Abraham Kuypers, Eddie G Pelan
  • Pourable fatty dispersions
    Patent number: 6395324
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hardstock fat which is suitable for stabilizing a dispersion of a non-fat phase in a triglyceride oil, including liquid margarines, which hardstock fat consists of a mixture of triglycerides, characterized in that, at least two triglycerides having a melting point >55° C. each have a concentration of at least 5 wt. %, the amount of triglycerides having fatty acid residues with a difference in chain length of the longest and the shortest residue of at least four carbon atoms is at least 15 wt. % and the amount of triglycerides with a melting point of 25-55° C. is ≦25 wt. %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jochen Effey, Eckhard Floeter, Rowdy Van Gelder, Jan P Van Iersel