Patents by Inventor Juan Podesta

Juan Podesta 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).

  • Publication number: 20040191374
    Abstract: A multi-stage system and method for pasteurizing food products includes a first processing unit configured to receive the food product and apply an amount of non-thermal energy treatment to the food product which is effective to inactivate one or more key enzymes. A second processing unit is configured to receive the food product from the first processing unit and reduces the population of potentially harmful microorganisms to a level that is not harmful to consumers of the food product. In one alternative embodiment, the second processing unit comprises a concentration unit which removes water from the food product to produce a concentrated form of the product. The first processing unit may, for example, comprise a high voltage arc discharge unit, a non-thermal pulsed electric field unit, an oscillating magnetic field unit, or an ultrasonic unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhijun Weng, Kenneth Fox, Juan Podesta