Patents by Inventor Karen Brimmer

Karen Brimmer 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).

  • BEVERAGES WITH IMPROVED PARTICLE SUSPENSION PROPERTIES, AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20240090552
    Abstract: Beverages with improved particle suspension properties are disclose, along with methods of making the same. The beverages include a low-acyl gellan gum and insoluble particles. The low-acyl gellan gum undergoes a gel transition that provides adequate gelation to maintain the particles in suspension. The low-acyl gellan gum undergoes the gel transition below a threshold above which the particles and/or a gelled portion of the gum would rise to the top of the beverage via bubbles moving upward through the beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: CAITLIN WERTZ, ABBY CHRISTMAN, KAREN BRIMMER, LIANGJI XU, JAMES BUCHHEIT
  • Heat-triggered colorants and methods of making and using the same
    Patent number: 10531681
    Abstract: Heat-triggered colorants for altering the color of a food, methods for changing the color of a food using heat-triggered colorants, and methods for making heat-triggered colorants for food. The heat-triggered colorants may comprise a mixture comprising a carrier having a melting point and a GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) first food colorant having a color, and a coating encapsulating the mixture and masking the color of the first food colorant. When the heat-triggered colorant is exposed to a temperature greater than the melting point of the carrier, the carrier melts and releases the first food colorant, thereby unmasking the color of the first food colorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Sensient Colors LLC
    Inventors: Karen Brimmer, Danny Thomas Lauff, Olaf C. Moberg, Christopher J. Rueb, William A. Hendrickson
  • HEAT-TRIGGERED COLORANTS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20090269447
    Abstract: Heat-triggered colorants for altering the color of a food, methods for changing the color of a food using heat-triggered colorants, and methods for making heat-triggered colorants for food. The heat-triggered colorants may comprise a mixture comprising a carrier having a melting point and a GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) first food colorant having a color, and a coating encapsulating the mixture and masking the color of the first food colorant. When the heat-triggered colorant is exposed to a temperature greater than the melting point of the carrier, the carrier melts and releases the first food colorant, thereby unmasking the color of the first food colorant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Karen Brimmer, Danny Thomas Lauff, Olaf C. Moberg, Christopher J. Rueb, William A. Hendrickson
  • MODIFIED EDIBLE SUBSTRATES SUITABLE FOR PRINTING
    Publication number: 20090186121
    Abstract: An edible substrate treated with an edible substrate enhancer and printed with an image. Methods for treating edible substrates with an edible substrate enhancer, and for printing an image onto the treated edible substrate are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: SENSIENT COLORS INC.
    Inventors: Andrea Hutchison, Karen Brimmer, Penny Martin, Gale Myers, Scott Liniger