Patents by Inventor John D. Higginbotham

John D. Higginbotham 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).

  • Smoking articles containing thaumatin or monellin
    Patent number: 4300576
    Abstract: A tobacco-containing smoking article contains the sweet protein thaumatin and/or the sweet protein monellin at a location in the interior, whereby smoke passed to the mouth contacts the thaumatin and/or monellin. The protein is preferably out of contact with the mouth of the smoker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1981
    Assignee: Talres Development (N.A.) N.V.
    Inventors: Henricus E. van der Loo, Charles Wiener, John D. Higginbotham
  • Extraction of thaumatin
    Patent number: 4221704
    Abstract: A process for the extraction of thaumatin from the fruit of T. daniellii, comprises the steps of skinning the fruit, drying the pulp and mechanically separating the arils from the remainder of the fruit, powdering or otherwise comminuting the dried aril and extracting the resultant powder with water in the absence of added salts while maintaining the pH in the range 2.0 to 4.5. The drying of the skinned fruit is advantageously a freeze-drying process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1980
    Assignee: Talres Development (N.A.) N.V.
    Inventors: Michael J. Daniels, John D. Higginbotham