Patents by Inventor Kelly Hentges

Kelly Hentges 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).

  • Process and system for enhancing recovery of essential oil
    Patent number: 11001781
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Tropicana Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly Hentges, Johnny Casasnovas, Gerald Olean Fountain
  • Process and System for Enhancing Recovery of Essential Oil
    Publication number: 20210130733
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Kelly Hentges, Johnny Casasnovas, Gerald Olean Fountain
  • Process and system for enhancing recovery of essential oil
    Patent number: 10995300
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Tropicana Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly Hentges, Johnny Casasnovas, Neal Gerdeman
  • Process and System for Enhancing Recovery of Essential Oil
    Publication number: 20200216776
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Kelly Hentges, Johnny Casasnovas, Neal Gerdeman