Patents by Inventor Michael S. Hand

Michael S. Hand 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: 7269964
    Abstract: An evaporator and associated food pan refrigerator, such as sandwich-top refrigerators and those used for salads, seafood, ice cream, condiments, and so forth. The food pan refrigerator includes a number of food pans set into the top surface of the refrigerator. The angled fan housing blows the refrigerated air exiting the evaporator evenly across the bottom of the food pans, resulting in even cooling of all pans. In addition, the angled fans effectively and efficiently circulate the air from the fans to the warmest section in the front of the refrigerator and then to the air return located at the bottom of the evaporator. The result is an improved evaporator and associated food pan refrigerator that cools the food pans more evenly and efficiently than prior food pan refrigerators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Inventor: Michael S. Hand
  • Patent number: 6015798
    Abstract: The severity of damage caused to the skin and mucosa of animals with cancer undergoing radiation therapy is mitigated by feeding the animal a nutritionally balanced food composition containing omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids which are supplemented with a mixture of a omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and arginine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignees: Colgate Palmolive Company, Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Gregory K. Ogilvie, Deborah J. Davenport, Kathy L. Gross, Michael S. Hand
  • Patent number: 5776913
    Abstract: The severity of metabolic disturbance in animals with cancer is mitigated by feeding the animal a nutritionally balanced food composition having a fat content of about 27 to 35%, on a dry matter basis, a carbohydrate content of about 15 to about 27% on a dry matter basis in which is present a mixture of arginine, omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, the weight ratio of omega-3, omega-6 fatty acid being in the range of 0.3:1 to 3.5:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Gregory K. Ogilvie, Deborah J. Davenport, Kathy L. Gross, Michael S. Hand
  • Patent number: 5431927
    Abstract: A pet food product prepared from a fiber containing nutritionally balanced mixture of carbohydrate protein, fat, vitamins and minerals, the product having an expanded striated structural matrix which fractures when chewed by the pet. The product when chewed by the pet exhibits an improved mechanical tooth cleansing function whereby a substantial reduction in plaque, stain and tartar on the pet's teeth is affected. The product is prepared by extruding a plasticized mixture of food ingredients through a discharge passageway, the internal walls of which are maintained at a coefficient of friction no greater than 0.2 so that a condition resembling laminar flow exists in the extrudate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Michael S. Hand, John J. Hefferren, Brian Marlow, Lon D. Lewis
  • Patent number: 5407661
    Abstract: An edible pet chew product having a flexible cellular matrix in which is contained a cellulosic fibrous material such as corn cob fractions having a mechanical cleansing function, which when chewed by the pet, effects a reduction in plaque, stain and tartar on the pet's teeth. An oral care additive may be incorporated in the matrix to inhibit dental problems, the composition of the cellular matrix being substantially inert to the oral care additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Alexander J. Simone, John J. Hefferren, Michael S. Hand, Gordon Huber
  • Patent number: 5296209
    Abstract: An edible pet chew product having a flexible cellular matrix in which is contained a cellulosic fibrous material such as corn cob fractions having a mechanical cleansing function, which when chewed by the pet, effects a reduction in plaque, stain and tartar on the pet's teeth. An oral care additive may be incorporated in the matrix to inhibit dental problems, the composition of the cellular matrix being substantially inert to the oral care additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Alexander J. Simone, John J. Hefferren, Michael S. Hand, Gordon Huber