Patents by Inventor Randall Kirk Thunell

Randall Kirk Thunell 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).

  • Publication number: 20110256266
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved bulk starter cultures and their use in the manufacture of fermented products. The present invention also relates to methods for making the improved bulk starter cultures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Brian J. Orme, Randall Kirk Thunell, Paul Gerard Bruinenberg
  • Publication number: 20080113065
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the rapid preparation of a starter culture which method comprises: (a) inoculating a starter culture in a medium of HTST-pasteurized whole milk, semi skimmed milk, skimmed milk, whey or milk protein having 6 to 17% dry solids; (b) preferably including a stimulant in the starter culture; and (c) incubating the starter culture with or without pH-control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Arthur Louis Maria Simonetti, Gary K. Burningham, Brian J. Orme, Randall Kirk Thunell