Patents by Inventor Melissa Kirby Riddell

Melissa Kirby Riddell 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).

  • Methods for making flour-based food products and food products made thereby
    Patent number: 11291224
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an improved process for making flour-based food products that have a final moisture content of less than 3%. In particular, the process comprises preparing uncooked dough from at least flour, starch, and water, heat-pressing the uncooked dough to form a heat-pressed dough sheet, and cooking the hot-pressed dough sheet to form a food product that has a final moisture content of less than about 3%. Advantageously, the food products can maintain a light, bubbly, and crisp texture with rapid mouthmelt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas LLC
    Inventors: Sanjiv H. Avashia, Melissa Kirby Riddell
  • Methods for Making Flour-Based Food Products and Food Products Made Thereby
    Publication number: 20170027200
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an improved process for making flour-based food products that have a final moisture content of less than 3%. In particular, the process comprises preparing uncooked dough from at least flour, starch, and water, heat-pressing the uncooked dough to form a heat-pressed dough sheet, and cooking the hot-pressed dough sheet to form a food product that has a final moisture content of less than about 3%. Advantageously, the food products can maintain a light, bubbly, and crisp texture with rapid mouthmelt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Tate & Lyle Ingredients America, LLC
    Inventors: Sanjiv H. Avashia, Melissa Kirby Riddell
  • COATING COMPOSITIONS FOR CONSUMABLE ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20140178535
    Abstract: Compositions comprised of water, at least one sweetening agent and at least one food grade emulsifier/foaming agent are useful for forming frosted sweet coatings on consumable articles. The inclusion of a food grade emulsifier/foaming agent in such a composition helps to render the dried coating obtained therefrom more opaque in appearance, even though the sucrose content may be relatively low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Melissa Kirby Riddell, Shawn E. Sprankle