Patents by Inventor Mervyn R. Goddard

Mervyn R. Goddard 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).

  • Food product
    Patent number: 5098726
    Abstract: Precooked dried rice is obtained by treating rice during or after cooking with an aqueous solution of a saccharide, like dextrose. After draining and rinsing, the treated cooked rice is frozen and dried to a moisture content of 5-10 wt. %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Unilever Patent Holdings B.V.
    Inventor: Mervyn R. Goddard
  • Food product
    Patent number: 5082674
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a lysophospholipoprotein (LPLP)-comprising foodstuff by incorporating dried LPLP or dried LPLP-comprising material, preferably having a moisture content of at most 10 wt %, at a level of 0.1-90 wt.% therein. The dried LPLP serves as a texture-modifying agent, a glossing agent, a freeze-thaw stabilizing agent, a heat-stabilizing agent and a syneresis-inhibiting agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: Thomas J. Lipton Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca S. Carrell, Wietse van Dijk, Mervyn R. Goddard, John B. Hayes
  • Snack product and process of making
    Patent number: 5080914
    Abstract: A snack product and process of making which pops and expands upon heating with microwaves consists of a solid, partially cooked, poppable and expandable core (moisture content of 12-16 wt. %) comprising pregelatinized and/or native tapioca starch, which core is provided with an adherent, poppable, non-expandable coating of cooked dough, which preferably comprises black gram or urid flour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1992
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark R. Birch, Mervyn R. Goddard
  • Milk-shake product
    Patent number: 4737372
    Abstract: A milk-shake is prepared by freezing at least two portions of its constituents under different conditions, such that clearly different ice crystal sizes are generated, and freezing the combined portions to a storing temperature below -15.degree. C.; this frozen product is prepared for consumption by partly thawing it, using a controlled amount of microwave energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: Thomas J. Lipton, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence D. Bender, Mervyn R. Goddard