Patents by Inventor John Robert Bunger

John Robert Bunger 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).

  • Patent number: 7105190
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to products, including preservative systems and compositions (e.g., foods, beverages, health care products, personal care products, herbicidal products, and containment devices). The products comprise a constituent comprising an isothiocyanate compound. The products may further comprise a preservative selected from sorbate preservatives, benzoate preservatives, and mixtures thereof. The present disclosure further relates to methods of preserving products comprising incorporating the foregoing preservative systems into such products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Athula Ekanayake, John Robert Bunger, Paul Ralph Bunke
  • Publication number: 20030211209
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to products, including preservative systems and compositions (e.g., foods, beverages, health care products, personal care products, herbicidal products, and containment devices). The products comprise a constituent comprising an isothiocyanate compound. The products may further comprise a preservative selected from sorbate preservatives, benzoate preservatives, and mixtures thereof. The present disclosure further relates to methods of preserving products comprising incorporating the foregoing preservative systems into such products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Athula Ekanayake, John Robert Bunger, Paul Ralph Bunke
  • Patent number: 6558723
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to products, including preservative systems and compositions (e.g., foods, beverages, health care products, personal care products, herbicidal products, and containment devices). The products contain a constituent comprising an isothiocyanate compound. The products may further contain a preservative selected from sorbate preservatives, benzoate preservatives, and mixtures thereof. The present disclosure further relates to methods of preserving products by incorporating the foregoing preservative systems into such products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Athula Ekanayake, John Robert Bunger, Paul Ralph Bunke
  • Publication number: 20020061352
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to products, including preservative systems and compositions (e.g., foods, beverages, health care products, personal care products, herbicidal products, and containment devices). The products comprise a constituent comprising an isothiocyanate compound. The products may further comprise a preservative selected from sorbate preservatives, benzoate preservatives, and mixtures thereof. The present disclosure further relates to methods of preserving products comprising incorporating the foregoing preservative systems into such products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Athula Ekanayake, John Robert Bunger, Paul Ralph Bunke
  • Patent number: 6376005
    Abstract: Antimicrobial combinations comprising a sorbate preservative, natamycin and a dialkyl dicarbonate at levels below the taste threshold for each of these antimicrobials but such that combination is effective against food spoilage microorganisms. These antimicrobial combinations are useful in treating beverages, especially dilute juice beverages, calcium fortified beverages, beverages containing tea solids, and beverages containing milk solids and proteins, as well as other acidified, high water activity food and beverage products such as cheese, sausage, ready-to-spread frostings, salad dressings, mayonnaise, and the like, that are susceptible to food spoilage microorganisms, including yeasts such as Zygosaccharomyces bailii.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Robert Bunger, Athula Ekanayake
  • Patent number: 6361812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to products, including preservative systems and compositions (e.g., foods, beverages, health care products, personal care products, herbicidal products, and containment devices). The products comprise a constituent comprising an isothiocyanate compound. The products may further comprise a preservative selected from sorbate preservatives, benzoate preservatives, and mixtures thereof. The present invention further relates to methods of preserving products comprising incorporating the foregoing preservative systems into such products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Athula Ekanayake, John Robert Bunger, Paul Ralph Bunke
  • Publication number: 20010046538
    Abstract: Antimicrobial combinations comprising a sorbate preservative, natamycin and a dialkyl dicarbonate at levels below the taste threshold for each of these antimicrobials but such that combination is effective against food spoilage microorganisms. These antimicrobial combinations are useful in treating beverages, especially dilute juice beverages, calcium fortified beverages, beverages containing tea solids, and beverages containing milk solids and proteins, as well as other acidified, high water activity food and beverage products such as cheese, sausage, ready-to-spread frostings, salad dressings, mayonnaise, and the like, that are susceptible to food spoilage microorganisms, including yeasts such as Zygosaccharomyces bailii.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Inventors: JOHN ROBERT BUNGER, ATHULA EKANAYAKE
  • Patent number: 6268009
    Abstract: Green tea extracts having improved clarity and color. These extracts are obtained by treating the green tea extract with an amount of a food grade cation exchange resin effective to remove metal cations present in the extract. The treated extract is then contacted nanofiltration membrane while the treated extract is at a temperature of from about 100° to about 140° F. (from about 37.8° to about 60° C.) to provide a filtered green tea extract as the permeate. These green tea extracts can be included in a variety of beverages and are especially useful in suppressing the characteristic aftertaste of aspartame in diet beverages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Athula Ekanayake, John Robert Bunger, Marvin Joseph Mohlenkamp, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6136356
    Abstract: Antimicrobial combinations containing a sorbate preservative, natamycin and a dialkyl dicarbonate at levels below the taste threshold for each of these antimicrobials but such that combination is effective against food spoilage microorganisms. These antimicrobial combinations are useful in treating beverages, especially dilute juice beverages, calcium fortified beverages, beverages containing tea solids, and beverages containing milk solids and proteins, as well as other acidified, high water activity food and beverage products such as cheese, sausage, ready-to-spread frostings, salad dressings, mayonnaise, and the like, that are susceptible to food spoilage microorganisms, including yeasts such as Zygosaccharomyces bailii.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Robert Bunger, Athula Ekanayake
  • Patent number: 6132787
    Abstract: Antimicrobial combinations comprising a sorbate preservative, natamycin and a dialkyl dicarbonate at levels below the taste threshold for each of these antimicrobials but such that combination is effective against food spoilage microorganisms. These antimicrobial combinations are useful in treating beverages, especially dilute juice beverages, calcium fortified beverages, beverages containing tea solids, and beverages containing milk solids and proteins, as well as other acidified, high water activity food and beverage products such as cheese, sausage, ready-to-spread frostings, salad dressings, mayonnaise, and the like, that are susceptible to food spoilage microorganisms, including yeasts such as Zygosaccharomyces balii.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Robert Bunger, Athula Ekanayake
  • Patent number: 6063428
    Abstract: Green tea extracts having improved clarity and color. These extracts are obtained by treating the green tea extract with an amount of a food grade cation exchange resin effective to remove metal cations present in the extract. The treated extract is then contacted nanofiltration membrane while the treated extract is at a temperature of from about 100.degree. to about 140.degree. F. (from about 37.8.degree. to about 60.degree. C.) to provide a filtered green tea extract as the permeate. These green tea extracts can be included in a variety of beverages and are especially useful in suppressing the characteristic aftertaste of aspartame in diet beverages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Athula Ekanayake, John Robert Bunger, Marvin Joseph Mohlenkamp, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5879733
    Abstract: Green tea extracts having improved clarity and color. These extracts are obtained by treating the green tea extract with an amount of a food grade cation exchange resin effective to remove metal cations present in the extract. The treated extract is then contacted nanofiltration membrane while the treated extract is at a temperature of from about 100.degree. to about 140.degree. F. (from about 37.8.degree. to about 60.degree. C.) to provide a filtered green tea extract as the permeate. These green tea extracts can be included in a variety of beverages and are especially useful in suppressing the characteristic aftertaste of aspartame in diet beverages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Athula Ekanayake, John Robert Bunger, Marvin Joseph Mohlenkamp, Jr.