Patents by Inventor John Joseph Ophals

John Joseph Ophals 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).

  • Reduced fat product
    Patent number: 5972408
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for the production of a new reduced fat culinary sauce which comprises mixing the ingredients of a reduced fat culinary sauce whereby part of the fat present in a regular culinary sauce is substituted by water, controlling the water activity to a value less than 0.95, mixing or precooking below 160.degree. F. and then processing for a minimum of 0.87 minutes by continuous steam injection and holding at a temperature of at least 160.degree. F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Jane H. Hardman, James Peter Herrick, Timothy Court Jackson, Jeffrey Karl Merchant, John Joseph Ophals, Karen G. Tandy, William Logan Waymouth