Patents by Inventor Maria Stewart

Maria Stewart 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).

  • Publication number: 20230190942
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions containing a modified starch, the starch modified to contain ester linkages to multiple short-chain fatty acids of different lengths; in particular, containing linkages to acetate, propionate, and butyrate. Methods for making and using such starch esters are described, as are compositions including the starch ester for nutritional effects and health benefits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Christina ODORISIO, Maria STEWART
  • Patent number: 6179151
    Abstract: An improved garbage or refuse container having a substantially rectangular shaped container with blunt or smooth edges. The container includes a top portion, bottom portion and body portion for retaining refuse. The body portion forms the walls of the container and includes a door having at least one fastening mechanism integrally disposed therein for securing the door to the body portion. The door is contiguously and pivotally formed or joined with the body as a single material element. A receiving portion of the body with the door also includes a retaining plate or lip on a separate and opposing end of the body and is formed also as a single contiguous material element with the body for matingly receiving and retaining the door in a closed configuration along a peripheral edge portion. Proximate and adjacent the retaining lip is disposed within the body at least one connector element for respectively connecting thereto at least one snap fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Inventors: Todd Radvansky, Maria Stewart