Patents by Inventor Melissa Haase

Melissa Haase 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).

  • Cheese compositions and related methods
    Patent number: 7815957
    Abstract: Cheese compositions and methods of making cheese compositions, including methods of formulating cheese compositions are provided. Cheese compositions of the invention include casein protein, non-casein protein, non-pregelatinized, modified starch, and a fat component having a low amount of trans-fat (e.g., about 5% or less of trans-fat by weight of the fat component) while at the same time substantially maintaining and/or improving properties (e.g., processing properties, organoleptic properties, combinations of these, and the like) of the cheese composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: General Mills Marketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Erika B. Smith, Larry M. Rasmussen, Melissa A. Haase, David M. Walsh
  • Cheese compositions and related methods
    Publication number: 20060159825
    Abstract: Cheese compositions and methods of making cheese compositions, including methods of formulating cheese compositions are provided. Cheese compositions of the invention include casein protein, non-casein protein, non-pregelatinized, modified starch, and a fat component having a low amount of trans-fat (e.g., about 5% or less of trans-fat by weight of the fat component) while at the same time substantially maintaining and/or improving properties (e.g., processing properties, organoleptic properties, combinations of these, and the like) of the cheese composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Erika Smith, Larry Rasmussen, Melissa Haase, David Walsh