Patents by Inventor Kevan Arthur Elsby

Kevan Arthur Elsby 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).

  • Method for roasting coffee beans
    Patent number: 11812760
    Abstract: A method for roasting coffee beans comprising the steps of a) heating the coffee beans until the temperature of the coffee beans is at least 180° C.; b) injecting a stream of oxygen-containing gas into the flow of hot air after the burner; and c) maintaining the injection of the stream of oxygen-containing gas until the end of the roasting process to mitigate the concentration of carbon monoxide in the roasting chamber, and wherein the coffee beans are roasted in a rotating fluidized bed roaster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Kevan Arthur Elsby, Sean Mackay Murphy
  • COFFEE COMPOSITION AND PROCESS
    Publication number: 20220232847
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coffee composition with improved aroma and a method of producing a coffee composition wherein two different types of coffee beans are roasted separately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kevan Arthur Elsby, Christian Milo, Sean Mackay Murphy, Luigi Poisson, Tomas Davidek, Stefan Spreng
  • METHOD FOR ROASTING COFFEE BEANS
    Publication number: 20200187518
    Abstract: A method for roasting coffee beans comprising the steps of a) heating the coffee beans until the temperature of the coffee beans is at least 180° C.; b) injecting a stream of oxygen-containing gas into the flow of hot air after the burner; and c) maintaining the injection of the stream of oxygen-containing gas until the end of the roasting process to mitigate the concentration of carbon monoxide in the roasting chamber, and wherein the coffee beans are roasted in a rotating fluidized bed roaster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Kevan Arthur Elsby, Sean Mackay Murphy