Patents by Inventor Matthew J. Strait

Matthew J. Strait 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).

  • Positive hydration method of preparing confectionery and product therefrom
    Patent number: 6482465
    Abstract: A method of producing a chewy confectionery involves high or low shear mixing with no cooking to produce a mass which is well hydrated and yet has no phase separation of moisture. A bioaffecting agent included in the confectionery is effectively taste-masked, even one that is typically organoleptically unpalatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Biovail Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Subraman R. Cherukuri, Francisco Zamudio-Tena, Claude Bayard, Supapong Siris, Amrik Khurana, Sambasiva Ghanta, Matthew J. Strait, Martin K. Schaller, David M. Teale, Peter King, Robert K. Yang, T. Victor Oh
  • Breath Freshening chewing gum with encapsulations
    Patent number: 6174514
    Abstract: A chewing gum composition for instant and extended release breath freshening has a gum base, at least one wetting agent, at least one immediate release flavor ingredient, and at least on encapsulation. The encapsulations include flavor encapsulations, metallic ion encapsulations, and organic substance encapsulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Fuisz Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Subraman R. Cherukuri, Amrik L. Khurana, Martin K. Schaller, Jr., Tommy L. Chau, Matthew J. Strait