Patents by Inventor Juan Carlos Motamayor-Arias

Juan Carlos Motamayor-Arias 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).

  • METHODS OF PROCESSING UNFERMENTED FRUIT SEEDS SUCH AS COCOA BEANS OR CUPUACU BEANS
    Publication number: 20200367525
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for processing fruit seeds, such as cocoa beans or cupuacu beans without the need of microbial fermentation. Fruit seeds are treated by adding unfermented seeds to a solution of a defined concentration of ethanol in a volume sufficient to cover the seeds, and maintaining the solution at a set temperature for a certain period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Raymond John SCHNELL, II, Edward Stephen SEGUINE, Cristiano Villela DIAS, Carolina Schaper BIZZOTTO, Jean-Philippe MARELLI, David Andrew MILLS, Juan Carlos MOTAMAYOR-ARIAS
  • Hybrid plant products from species and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 10791689
    Abstract: Methods for hybridizing members of the Theobroma genus, and particularly to methods for hybridizing Theobroma cacao and Theobroma grandiflorum are provided. Hybrid seeds, plants and plant parts thereof, obtained from these methods are also provided. Methods for confirming that the resulting progeny are hybrids are described. Theobroma hybrid plant products, such as seeds obtained by crossing Theobroma cacao and Theobroma grandiflorum, having modified chemical compositions, such as modified fatty acid content, and/or modified alkaloid content, are provided. Products obtainable from the hybrid plants and seeds, particularly foodstuffs such as cocoa products, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Marelli, Chigozie V. Nwosu, Juan Carlos Motamayor Arias, Carolina Schaper Bizzotto, Rodrigo Campos, Stefan Emiel Royaert
  • HYBRID PLANT PRODUCTS FROM THEOBROMA SPECIES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170367367
    Abstract: Methods for hybridizing members of the Theobroma genus, and particularly to methods for hybridizing Theobroma cacao and Theobroma grandiflorum are provided. Hybrid seeds, plants and plant parts thereof, obtained from these methods are also provided. Methods for confirming that the resulting progeny are hybrids are described. Theobroma hybrid plant products, such as seeds obtained by crossing Theobroma cacao and Theobroma grandiflorum, having modified chemical compositions, such as modified fatty acid content, and/or modified alkaloid content, are provided. Products obtainable from the hybrid plants and seeds, particularly foodstuffs such as cocoa products, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Marelli, Chigozie V. Nwosu, Juan Carlos Motamayor Arias, Carolina Schaper Bizzotto, Rodrigo Campos, Stefan Emiel Royaert
  • METHODS OF PROCESSING UNFERMENTED FRUIT SEEDS
    Publication number: 20160000109
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for processing fruit seeds, such as cocoa beans or cupuacu beans without the need of microbial fermentation. Fruit seeds are treated by adding unfermented seeds to a solution of a defined concentration of ethanol in a volume sufficient to cover the seeds, and maintaining the solution at a set temperature for a certain period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Raymond John Schnell, II, Edward Stephen Seguine, Cristiano Villela Dias, Carolina Schaper Bizzotto, Jean-Philippe Marelli, David Andrew Mills, Juan Carlos Motamayor-Arias
  • ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION OF SEEDS OF FRUIT
    Publication number: 20150374007
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for processing seeds of fruit, such as cocoa beans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Raymond John Schnell, II, Edward Stephen Seguine, Cristiano Villela Dias, Carolina Schaper Bizzotto, Jean-Philippe Marelli, David Andrew Mills, Juan Carlos Motamayor-Arias
  • Micro-Fermentation of Cocoa
    Publication number: 20140199437
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for micro-fermentation of cocoa allowing quality evaluation on a tree by tree basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Edward Seguine, David Mills, Jean-Philippe Marelli, Juan Carlos Motamayor-Arias, Irene Da Silva Coelho