Patents by Inventor Kenneth W. Becker

Kenneth W. Becker 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: 5908940
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for obtaining Tocol products, such as tocotrienols, tocopherols and tocotrienol-like compounds from plant sources in high yields. More particularly, this invention relates to processes for stabilizing and recovering Tocol products from plant materials, such as cereals, grains and grain oils. The Tocol products recovered according to this invention are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, food formulations and dietary supplements. These compositions, formulations and supplements advantageously lower the blood level of low density lipoproteins and total serum cholesterol in humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Lipogenics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald H. Lane, Kenneth W. Becker, Asaf A. Qureshi, D. Michael Wells
  • Patent number: 5728320
    Abstract: An improved dispersant formulation for dispersing oil which contains a mixture of a sorbitan monoester of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, a polyoxyethylene adduct of a sorbitan monoester of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, an alkali metal salt of a dialkyl sulfosuccinate, a polyoxyethylene adduct of a sorbitan triester or a sorbitol hexaester of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid and a solvent comprising at least one of a propylene glycol ether, ethylene glycol ether, water, alcohol, glycol, and a paraffinic hydrocarbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Exxon Research & Engineering Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Fiocco, Kenneth W. Becker, Gerard P. Canevari, Richard R. Lessard
  • Patent number: 5618468
    Abstract: An improved dispersant formulation for dispersing oil which contains a mixture of a sorbitan monoester of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, a polyoxyethylene adduct of a sorbitan monoester of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, a water-dispersible salt of a dialkyl sulfosuccinate, a polyoxyethylene adduct of a sorbitan triester or a sorbitol hexaester of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid and a glycol ether which has a maximum water solubility of 25 ml/100 ml as solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Gerard P. Canevari, Robert J. Fiocco, Kenneth W. Becker, Richard R. Lessard
  • Patent number: 4502962
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon solvent-based dispersant formulation which combines heavy oil penetrability, activity on oil spills on either fresh or salt water, and the density and viscosity required for controllable aerial spray application is provided by the combination of sorbitan monoesters of C.sub.10 -C.sub.20 aliphatic carboxylic acids and polyoxyalkylene adducts thereof, polyoxyalkylene adducts of sorbitan triesters of C.sub.10 -C.sub.20 aliphatic carboxylic acids, and a water-dispersible salt of a dialkyl sulfosuccinate dissolved in an isoparaffinic hydrocarbon. The addition of a viscosity modifying solvent may be advantageous for adjusting the formulation to needs of specific aerial application procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Assignee: Exxon Research & Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Becker, James R. Jackson, Gordon P. Lindblom, Marjorie A. Walsh
  • Patent number: 4490401
    Abstract: The over-pasteurization of a product in a tunnel pasteurizer can result when the normal movement of the product through the pasteurizer is delayed. Over-pasteurization is prevented by cooling the product in the pasteurizing zone to reduce its temperature to a temperature at which no appreciable pasteurization occurs. The temperature of the product may be returned to pasteurizing temperatures when the delay no longer exists. An improved tunnel pasteurizer is described for preventing over-pasteurization by spraying the product with cool water to reduce its temperature. The preferred pasteurizer also includes an automatic level control system for the regenerative paired zones, an external water tank to recover and reuse energy and water usually wasted and a closed cooling system which provides for cooling of the pasteurizer water without the risk of cross-contamination of the cooling source and the pasteurizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1984
    Assignee: Miller Brewing Company
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Becker, Louis G. Friedrichs, Jr., Lev Kropp, Richard B. Straka
  • Patent number: 4441406
    Abstract: The over-pasteurization of a product in a tunnel pasteurizer can result when the normal movement of the product through the pasteurizer is delayed. Over-pasteurization is prevented by cooling the product in the pasteurizing zone to reduce its temperature to a temperature at which no appreciable pasteurization occurs. The temperature of the product may be returned to pasteurizing temperatures when the delay no longer exists. An improved tunnel pasteurizer is described for preventing over-pasteurization of spraying the product with cool water to reduce its temperature. The preferred pasteurizer also includes an automatic level control system for the regenerative paired zones, an external water tank to recover and reuse energy and water usually wasted and a closed cooling system which provides for cooling of the pasteurizer water without the risk of cross-contamination of the cooling source and the pasteurizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1984
    Assignee: Miller Brewing Company
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Becker, Louis G. Friedrichs, Jr., Lev Kropp, Richard B. Straka
  • Patent number: 4112001
    Abstract: The corrosion of ferrous metals by corrosive acids at elevated temperatures is inhibited by adding to environments containing the acids an effective amount of a novel .alpha., .OMEGA. (hereinafter "alpha", "omega", respectively) diacetylenic diol (e.g., with two acetylenic functionalities) having the structural formula: ##STR1## where R is an aliphatic, alicyclic or aromatic residue containing from 1 to about 12 carbon atoms and may include one or more functional groups such as halogen atoms, carbonyl, carboxyl, carbamyl, amino, formyl or nitroso radicals or other functional groups without impaired performance. The diacetylenic diols may be employed in combination with other corrosion inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: Exxon Research & Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Daniel S. Sullivan, 3rd, Charles E. Strubelt, Kenneth W. Becker
  • Patent number: 4039336
    Abstract: The corrosion of ferrous metals by corrosive acids at elevated temperatures is inhibited by adding to environments containing the acids an effective amount of a novel .alpha., .OMEGA. (hereinafter "alpha", "omega", respectively) diacetylenic diol (e.g., with two acetylenic functionalities) having the structural formula: ##STR1## where R is an aliphatic, alicyclic or aromatic residue containing from 1 to about 12 carbon atoms and may include one or more functional groups such as halogen atoms, carbonyl, carboxyl, carbamyl, amino, formyl or nitroso radicals or other functional groups without impaired performance. The diacetylenic diols may be employed in combination with other corrosion inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1977
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Daniel S. Sullivan, 3rd, Charles E. Strubelt, Kenneth W. Becker
  • Patent number: 4028268
    Abstract: Metal corrosion inhibiting compositions of outstanding utility are prepared by utilizing a selective and critical multicomponent formulation comprising in combination functionally operative proportions ofA specific quaternized cyclic nitrogen baseA specific acetylenic alcoholA surface active agentA formic acid derivative.The above formulation can be substantially improved by adding certain functionally operative additional surfactants. The choice of these surfactants is unobvious and it has been found that only a few critically selective species are operable for the purposes of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1977
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Daniel S. Sullivan, 3rd, Charles E. Strubelt, Kenneth W. Becker
  • Patent number: 3966982
    Abstract: There is described a process and apparatus for treating oleaginous seed materials, such as soybean flakes with an extraction solvent, which includes an extraction zone, a desolventizing zone, and a miscella treating zone. In the extraction zone, the oleaginous seed material is subjected to concurrent contact with a carbohydrate-selective extraction solvent in a plurality of extraction vessels arranged in countercurrent fluid relationship therebetween with the expression of treated solids being effected after each extraction. The expressed solids from the last extracting vessel are passed to a desolventizing zone wherein residual solvent is vaporized by the respective indirect and direct contact with a heat transfer medium, such as steam, to produce a protein concentrate having a concentration (moisture free basis) of proteinaceous matter of at least about 70% by weight (6.25 times the total nitrogen content by the Kjeldahl method).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1973
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1976
    Assignee: Dravo Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Becker, Klemens C. Baczewski, Donald J. Klein
  • Patent number: D658767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Karl Storz Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Becker, Roban A. Bieber, Larry W. Oslie, Glenn K. Reinhart, Ashkan Namdaran