Patents by Inventor Linda Valerie Thomas

Linda Valerie Thomas 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).

  • Encapsulated Antimicrobial Material
    Publication number: 20140141137
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antimicrobial material in an encapsulated form, comprising (i) a core comprising an antimicrobial material and (ii) a shell of encapsulating material, wherein the shell of encapsulating material is impermeable to the antimicrobial material. The invention further provides a process for introducing an antimicrobial material, into a foodstuff comprising (i) providing the antimicrobial material in an encapsulated form comprising a core of antimicrobial material and shell of encapsulating material, and (ii) introducing encapsulated antimicrobial material into or onto the foodstuff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Danisco A/S
    Inventors: Bob Coyne, John Faragher, Sébastien Gouin, Carsten Bjorn Hansen, Richard Ingram, Torben Isak, Linda Valerie Thomas, Kathryn Louise Tse
  • Encapsulated antimicrobial material
    Patent number: 8337923
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antimicrobial material in an encapsulated form, comprising (i) a core comprising an antimicrobial material and (ii) a shell of encapsulating material, wherein the shell of encapsulating material is impermeable to the antimicrobial material. The invention further provides a process for introducing an antimicrobial material into a foodstuff comprising (i) providing the antimicrobial material in an encapsulated form comprising a core of antimicrobial material and shell of encapsulating material, and (ii) introducing encapsulated antimicrobial material into or onto the foodstuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: DuPont Nutrition Biosciences APS
    Inventors: Bob Coyne, John Faragher, Sébastien Gouin, Carsten Bjorn Hansen, Richard Ingram, Torben Isak, Linda Valerie Thomas, Kathryn Louise Tse
  • Antimicrobial agent
    Publication number: 20030203963
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antimicrobial composition for use against a micro-organism selected for Listeria, Salmonella, Bacillus, Saccharomyces, Pseudomonas, Clostridium, Lcatobacillus, Brochothrix, Micrococcus, Yersinia, Enterobacter and Zygosaccharomyces, said composition comprising a cyclic compound having Formula (I), or a derivative thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from —OH, ═O, and OR′, wherein R′ is H or —COR″, and R″ is C1-10 alkyl; wherein R3 is a substituent comprising an OH-group, wherein R4 and R5 are each independently selected from a hydrocarbyl group, H, OH or ═O, or represent a bond with an adjacent atom on the ring of the cyclic compound. The invention further relates to a process preventing and/or inhibiting the growth of, and/or killing, micro-organisms in a material, and the use of a cyclic compound having Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Dieter Elsser, Andrew John Morgan, Linda Valerie Thomas, Shukun Yu