Patents by Inventor Johnny Casasnovas
Johnny Casasnovas 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).
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Publication number: 20240148035Abstract: A method is described for minimizing material mixing of a first fluid material and a second fluid material in a material processing system that includes a pipeline. The method includes introducing into an upstream portion of the pipeline a sufficient amount of a material mixing inhibitor using, in some instances a cartridge for delivery of the material mixing inhibitor composition to the material processing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Gerald Olean Fountain, Johnny Casasnovas, Teodoro Rivera, John Bovastro
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Patent number: 11882855Abstract: A reduced calorie nutrient enriched food product is produced by converting sucrose to monosaccharides and by selectively separating high molecular weight nutrients and sucrose in a food product such as a juice. The sucrose may be converted to non-digestible oligosaccharides. The process may also include separating a feed juice into a solids-rich fraction and a clarified juice fraction; treating the clarified juice fraction to form a high molecular weight-rich and oligosaccharide-rich fraction that can be combined with the solids-rich fraction to form a reduced calorie nutrient enriched liquid.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Tropicana Products, Inc.Inventors: Johnny Casasnovas, Yongsoo Chung, Juan Gonzalez, Steven Havlik, Jeffrey D. Mathews, Taehyung Yi
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Patent number: 11566743Abstract: A method of minimizing material mixing in a piping system during a transition between a first material and a second material includes providing a plurality of pipe pigs in a first pipe section with the plurality of pipe pigs being sufficient to substantially fill a cross-section of the first pipe section and to define a plug having a leading edge and a trailing edge such that the leading edge is in contact with a first material and the trailing edge is in contact with a second material. Each pipe pig has a nominal size that is smaller than an effective diameter of the first pipe section. The plug is moved through the piping system by moving the second material. Advantageously, mixing of the first material and the second material is inhibited by the plug.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Tropicana Products, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey D. Mathews, Gerald Olean Fountain, Johnny Casasnovas
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Publication number: 20220330582Abstract: A reduced calorie nutrient enriched food product is produced by converting sucrose to monosaccharides and by selectively separating high molecular weight nutrients and sucrose in a food product such as a juice. The sucrose may be converted to non-digestible oligosaccharides. The process may also include separating a feed juice into a solids-rich fraction and a clarified juice fraction; treating the clarified juice fraction to form a high molecular weight-rich and oligosaccharide-rich fraction that can be combined with the solids-rich fraction to form a reduced calorie nutrient enriched liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Johnny Casasnovas, Yongsoo Chung, Juan Gonzalez, Steven Havlik, Jeffrey D. Mathews, Taehyung Yi
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Patent number: 11412764Abstract: A reduced calorie nutrient enriched food product is produced by converting sucrose to monosaccharides and by selectively separating high molecular weight nutrients and sucrose in a food product such as a juice. The sucrose may be converted to non-digestible oligosaccharides. The process may also include separating a feed juice into a solids-rich fraction and a clarified juice fraction; treating the clarified juice fraction to form a high molecular weight-rich and oligosaccharide-rich fraction that can be combined with the solids-rich fraction to form a reduced calorie nutrient enriched liquid.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Tropicana Products, Inc.Inventors: Johnny Casasnovas, Yongsoo Chung, Juan Gonzalez, Steven Havlik, Jeffrey D. Mathews, Taehyung Yi
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Publication number: 20220225650Abstract: A material mixing inhibitor composition, a method of minimizing material mixing of a first fluid material and a second fluid material in a material processing system that includes a pipeline, and a cartridge for delivery of a material mixing inhibitor composition to the material processing system are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Gerald Olean Fountain, Johnny Casasnovas, Teodoro Rivera, John Bovastro
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Patent number: 11306859Abstract: A hydrophobic separating plug is used to separate and inhibit mixing between a first material and a second material. The plug may be formed of a hydrophobic material or may be formed of a plurality of pigs that are a solid or semi-solid material that may be hydrophobic or may have a hydrophobic or superhydrophobic surface. The plurality of pigs may be disposed within a hydrophobic fluid and the pigs may be neutrally buoyant in the hydrophobic fluid. The hydrophobic separating plug has dimensions sufficient to substantially fill the cross-section of pipe sections in which it is located and to define a leading edge and a trailing edge such that the leading edge is in contact with a first material and the trailing edge is in contact with a second material. Advantageously, mixing between the first material and the second material is inhibited by the plug.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Tropicana Products, Inc.Inventors: Johnny Casasnovas, Gerald Olean Fountain, Jeffrey D. Mathews
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Publication number: 20220099234Abstract: A method of minimizing material mixing in a piping system during a transition between a first material and a second material includes providing a plurality of pipe pigs in a first pipe section with the plurality of pipe pigs being sufficient to substantially fill a cross-section of the first pipe section and to define a plug having a leading edge and a trailing edge such that the leading edge is in contact with a first material and the trailing edge is in contact with a second material. Each pipe pig has a nominal size that is smaller than an effective diameter of the first pipe section. The plug is moved through the piping system by moving the second material. Advantageously, mixing of the first material and the second material is inhibited by the plug.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Jeffrey D. Mathews, Gerald Olean Fountain, Johnny Casasnovas
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Patent number: 11226062Abstract: A method of minimizing material mixing in a piping system during a transition between a first material and a second material includes providing a plurality of pipe pigs in a first pipe section with the plurality of pipe pigs being sufficient to substantially fill a cross-section of the first pipe section and to define a plug having a leading edge and a trailing edge such that the leading edge is in contact with a first material and the trailing edge is in contact with a second material. Each pipe pig has a nominal size that is smaller than an effective diameter of the first pipe section. The plug is moved through the piping system by moving the second material. Advantageously, mixing of the first material and the second material is inhibited by the plug.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Tropicana Products, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey D. Mathews, Gerald Olean Fountain, Johnny Casasnovas
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Patent number: 11035788Abstract: A method for sourcing plants includes performing nondestructive near-infrared (NIR) scans on selected plants, determining a predicted value of a characteristic for the selected plants based on evaluation of spectral data from the NIR scans against a characteristic model, and utilizing the predicted values for purchasing, processing, and/or financial forecasting. A method of sorting and processing plants includes determining a predicted value of a characteristic in gathered plants and determining a process to recover a primary product and/or a byproduct of the plants based on the predicted value. A method for forecasting includes determining a composite value of a characteristic in plants from a prior time period, correlating source data of plants to be gathered in the later time period with a predicted value of the characteristic in those plants, and determining a predicted composite value of the characteristic in the plants to be gathered in the later time period.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Tropicana Products, Inc.Inventors: Jeremy Crouse, Zhanfeng Xu, Geovanne Ijpkemeule, Johnny Casasnovas
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Patent number: 11001781Abstract: A process and system to extract essential oil from an essential oil-containing food material is described. The process includes subjecting the essential oil-containing food material to a pulsed electric field; extracting the essential oil into water to form a first fluid mixture that contains essential oil, an essential oil-water emulsion, and water; and separating the first fluid mixture into a waste mixture and a second fluid mixture, where the concentration of essential oil in the second fluid mixture is greater than the concentration of essential oil in the first fluid mixture.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Tropicana Products, Inc.Inventors: Kelly Hentges, Johnny Casasnovas, Gerald Olean Fountain
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Publication number: 20210130733Abstract: A process and system to extract essential oil from an essential oil-containing food material is described. The process includes subjecting the essential oil-containing food material to a pulsed electric field; extracting the essential oil into water to form a first fluid mixture that contains essential oil, an essential oil-water emulsion, and water; and separating the first fluid mixture into a waste mixture and a second fluid mixture, where the concentration of essential oil in the second fluid mixture is greater than the concentration of essential oil in the first fluid mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Kelly Hentges, Johnny Casasnovas, Gerald Olean Fountain
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Patent number: 10995300Abstract: A process and system to extract essential oil from a material is described. The process includes expressing the essential oil into water to form a fluid mixture that contains essential oil, an essential oil-water emulsion, and water; heating the fluid mixture to destabilize the essential oil-water emulsion and separating the heated fluid mixture into a waste mixture and a product fluid mixture, where the concentration of essential oil in the product fluid mixture is greater than the concentration of essential oil in the fluid mixture.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Tropicana Products, Inc.Inventors: Kelly Hentges, Johnny Casasnovas, Neal Gerdeman
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Publication number: 20210080044Abstract: A hydrophobic separating plug is used to separate and inhibit mixing between a first material and a second material. The plug may be formed of a hydrophobic material or may be formed of a plurality of pigs that are a solid or semi-solid material that may be hydrophobic or may have a hydrophobic or superhydrophobic surface. The plurality of pigs may be disposed within a hydrophobic fluid and the pigs may be neutrally buoyant in the hydrophobic fluid. The hydrophobic separating plug has dimensions sufficient to substantially fill the cross-section of pipe sections in which it is located and to define a leading edge and a trailing edge such that the leading edge is in contact with a first material and the trailing edge is in contact with a second material. Advantageously, mixing between the first material and the second material is inhibited by the plug.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Johnny Casasnovas, Gerald Olean Fountain, Jeffrey D. Mathews
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Publication number: 20210059279Abstract: A reduced calorie nutrient enriched food product is produced by converting sucrose to monosaccharides and by selectively separating high molecular weight nutrients and sucrose in a food product such as a juice. The sucrose may be converted to non-digestible oligosaccharides. The process may also include separating a feed juice into a solids-rich fraction and a clarified juice fraction; treating the clarified juice fraction to form a high molecular weight-rich and oligosaccharide-rich fraction that can be combined with the solids-rich fraction to form a reduced calorie nutrient enriched liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Johnny Casasnovas, Yongsoo Chung, Juan Gonzalez, Steven Havlik, Jeffrey D. Mathews, Taehyung Yi
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Publication number: 20200292446Abstract: A method for sourcing plants includes performing nondestructive near-infrared (NIR) scans on selected plants, determining a predicted value of a characteristic for the selected plants based on evaluation of spectral data from the NIR scans against a characteristic model, and utilizing the predicted values for purchasing, processing, and/or financial forecasting. A method of sorting and processing plants includes determining a predicted value of a characteristic in gathered plants and determining a process to recover a primary product and/or a byproduct of the plants based on the predicted value. A method for forecasting includes determining a composite value of a characteristic in plants from a prior time period, correlating source data of plants to be gathered in the later time period with a predicted value of the characteristic in those plants, and determining a predicted composite value of the characteristic in the plants to be gathered in the later time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2019Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Jeremy Crouse, Zhanfeng Xu, Geovanne Ijpkemeule, Johnny Casasnovas
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Publication number: 20200263825Abstract: A method of minimizing material mixing in a piping system during a transition between a first material and a second material includes providing a plurality of pipe pigs in a first pipe section with the plurality of pipe pigs being sufficient to substantially fill a cross-section of the first pipe section and to define a plug having a leading edge and a trailing edge such that the leading edge is in contact with a first material and the trailing edge is in contact with a second material. Each pipe pig has a nominal size that is smaller than an effective diameter of the first pipe section. The plug is moved through the piping system by moving the second material. Advantageously, mixing of the first material and the second material is inhibited by the plug.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Jeffrey D. Mathews, Gerald Olean Fountain, Johnny Casasnovas
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Publication number: 20200216776Abstract: A process and system to extract essential oil from a material is described. The process includes expressing the essential oil into water to form a fluid mixture that contains essential oil, an essential oil-water emulsion, and water; heating the fluid mixture to destabilize the essential oil-water emulsion and separating the heated fluid mixture into a waste mixture and a product fluid mixture, where the concentration of essential oil in the product fluid mixture is greater than the concentration of essential oil in the fluid mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Kelly Hentges, Johnny Casasnovas, Neal Gerdeman
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Publication number: 20150208685Abstract: Spoonable, pourable, and/or spreadable dressings or edible continuous aqueous emulsions are provided that include a fat blend that is a specific balance of a solid fat portion or solid fat fraction (which may or may not be pre-crystallized) and a liquid fat portion in effective relative amounts, such that when the fat blend is added to dressings and edible continuous aqueous emulsions, lower fat versions effectively mimic the sensory, texture, viscosity, storage modulus, and/or yield stress of much higher fat dressings or emulsions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2013Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: William H. Schwimmer, Dennis Ann Kim, Robert F. Class, Yan Wang, Shamsheer Mahammad, Bruce E. Campbell, Johnny Casasnovas
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Publication number: 20150157993Abstract: An extensional flow mixing system is provided comprising a cell including an inlet for introducing fluid into the cell and an outlet permitting fluid to flow out of the cell, the cell having an interior surface defining a convergent flow path that has an internal cross-sectional area that preferably decreases from the inlet to the outlet so as to define a direction of convergence from the inlet to the outlet, and an insert extending within the cell in the direction of convergence, the insert comprising at least one protuberance which causes the fluid to undergo an extensional episode, wherein the protuberance is spaced from the interior surface by a dimension “?” that is constant or changes gradually in the direction of convergence. Method of providing extensional flow and production of dispersions are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2014Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Rakesh Gupta, Johnny Casasnovas, Sushant Agarwal, Mahesh Padmanabhan, Daoyun Song