Patents by Inventor Joseph Robert Clark

Joseph Robert Clark 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: 8691315
    Abstract: A process for preparing a food composition that is easily removed from the container by contacting one or more hydrocolloids with water to prepare a colloidal solution, contacting the colloid solution with one or more food ingredients, and allowing the resulting mixture to form a solid mass having a gelatinous texture, and a food composition produced by such process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Robert Clark, Mark Lee Dierking
  • Publication number: 20080299251
    Abstract: A process for preparing a food composition that is easily removed from the container by contacting one or more hydrocolloids with water to prepare a colloidal solution, contacting the colloid solution with one or more food ingredients, and allowing the resulting mixture to form a solid mass having a gelatinous texture, and a food composition produced by such process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Robert Clark, Mark Lee Dierking
  • Publication number: 20080268093
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions for feline consumption and methods of preparing such compositions. The compositions comprise at least about 65% by weight meat and have an essentially solid mass which assumes the shape of its container. The compositions are characterized as having a moisturized appearance and visually recognizable discrete food particles upon slicing the mass after removal from a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Eric Vaun Bowman, Joseph Robert Clark, Michael Timothy Madril, Wai Lun Cheuk, Mark Lee Dierking