Patents by Inventor Mauro Leonardi

Mauro Leonardi 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: 10092018
    Abstract: There is described an edible oil, particularly extra virgin olive oil, having an increased polyphenolic content, thereby an increased shelf-life, while maintaining the organoleptic characteristics unaltered, particularly a clear appearance. The edible oil of the invention is obtainable by a method which comprises the step of introducing a predetermined number of olives having a polyphenolic content ranging between 1000-3000 mg of polyphenols/kg of olives in a predetermined volume of oil. According to the method, the olives are preventively treated with an anti-mold agent, and are dehydrated, preferably by thermal treatment in an oven at a temperature ranging between 80° C. and 160° C., so as to achieve the elimination of a water amount ranging between 1% and 30%, preferably between 7% and 15%, more preferably of about 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Costa D'Oro S.p.A.
    Inventors: Umberto Bracco, Giovanni Morchio, Mauro Leonardi, Ivano Mocetti
  • Patent number: 8679559
    Abstract: Method of preparing an edible oil, characterized by an increased shelf-life, and edible oil obtainable by such method is provided. A method of preparing an edible oil, particularly extra virgin olive oil, is described, including the operation of introducing a predetermined number of olives having a polyphenolic content ranging between 1000-3000 mg of polyphenols/kg of olives in a predetermined volume of oil. In a preferred embodiment, the olives are preventively treated with an anti-mould agent, and are dehydrated, preferably by thermal treatment in an oven at a temperature ranging between 80° C. and 160° C., so as to achieve the elimination of a water amount ranging between 1% and 30%, preferably between 7% and 15%, more preferably of about 10%. The method of the invention allows obtaining an edible oil, particularly extra virgin olive oil, having an increased polyphenolic content, thereby an increased shelf-life, while maintaining the organoleptic characteristics unaltered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Costa D'Oro S.p.A.
    Inventors: Unberto Bracco, Giovanni Morchio, Mauro Leonardi, Ivano Mocetti
  • Publication number: 20120128840
    Abstract: Method of preparing an edible oil, characterized by an increased shelf-life, and edible oil obtainable by such method is provided. A method of preparing an edible oil, particularly extra virgin olive oil, is described, including the operation of introducing a predetermined number of olives having a polyphenolic content ranging between 1000-3000 mg of polyphenols/kg of olives in a predetermined volume of oil. In a preferred embodiment, the olives are preventively treated with an anti-mould agent, and are dehydrated, preferably by thermal treatment in an oven at a temperature ranging between 80° C. and 160° C., so as to achieve the elimination of a water amount ranging between 1% and 30%, preferably between 7% and 15%, more preferably of about 10%. The method of the invention allows obtaining an edible oil, particularly extra virgin olive oil, having an increased polyphenolic content, thereby an increased shelf-life, while maintaining the organoleptic characteristics unaltered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: COSTA D'ORO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Umberto Bracco, Giovanni Morchio, Mauro Leonardi, Ivano Mocetti
  • Patent number: 7955633
    Abstract: There is disclosed an edible oil composition, particularly for use in frying and cooking foods, which has a high stability under thermal stress, with less development of degradation products during frying and cooking and less absorption of these degradation products on the surface of the food. The composition consists of a mixture of vegetable oils characterized by a ratio by weight (R) of monounsaturated fatty acids to polyunsaturated fatty acids in the range from 5 to 8, a percentage by weight of saturated fatty acids (S) in the range from 18 to 22%, and a content of antioxidants in the range from 50 to 500 ppm. Advantageously, these antioxidants are produced by molecular distillation from natural lipid starting materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Costa D'Oro S.p.A.
    Inventors: Umberto Bracco, Mauro Leonardi, Giovanni Morchio
  • Publication number: 20080280002
    Abstract: There is disclosed an edible oil composition, particularly for use in frying and cooking foods, which has a high stability under thermal stress, with less development of degradation products during frying and cooking and less absorption of these degradation products on the surface of the food. The composition consists of a mixture of vegetable oils characterized by a ratio by weight (R) of monounsaturated fatty acids to polyunsaturated fatty acids in the range from 5 to 8, a percentage by weight of saturated fatty acids (S) in the range from 18 to 22%, and a content of antioxidants in the range from 50 to 500 ppm. Advantageously, these antioxidants are produced by molecular distillation from natural lipid starting materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Umberto Bracco, Mauro Leonardi, Giovanni Morchio
  • Publication number: 20040233095
    Abstract: A super resolution processor/receiver to discriminate superimposed secondary surveillance radar (Mode S, Mode A/C) replies and squitter that uses frequency-domain analysis to suppress interference between replies. In particular, the processor/receiver uses a spectral super-resolution method to estimate carriers of reply signals (every reply has a carrier that could be slightly different from the others). These frequency analyses, applied with particular timing referring to the signal that effectively carried the information, allow to estimate the information on SSR Mode S/Mode A/C replies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Gaspare Galati, Mauro Leonardi
  • Patent number: 6819282
    Abstract: A super resolution processor/receiver to discriminate superimposed secondary surveillance radar (Mode S, Mode A/C) replies and squitter that uses frequency-domain analysis to suppress interference between replies. In particular, the processor/receiver uses a spectral super-resolution method to estimate carriers of reply signals (every reply has a carrier that could be slightly different from the others). These frequency analyses, applied with particular timing referring to the signal that effectively carried the information, allow to estimate the information on SSR Mode S/Mode A/C replies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Universta' Degli Studi Di Roma “Tor Vergata”
    Inventors: Gaspare Galati, Mauro Leonardi