Patents by Inventor Richard Cox

Richard Cox 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: 8357420
    Abstract: An oil-in-water emulsion comprising hydrophobin and oil wherein the oil phase has an iodine value of greater than 40 characterised in that the ratio of hydrophobin to oil is greater than 30 g/liter and less than 140 g/liter is provided. A product comprising such an oil-in-water emulsion is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Richard Cox, Hyun-Jung Kim
  • Patent number: 8336023
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing extensible code visualization are presented. Program code is received. A model is generated relating to the program code. The model is mapped to a user interface (UI) to produce a UI reflecting the program code. Changes made to the program code are reflected in the UI and changes made to the UI are reflected in the program code via the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Cox Kuzsma, Jr., Michael Robert Humphrey
  • Patent number: 8293309
    Abstract: A frozen aerated confection is provided, the confection comprising at least 0.2 wt % free ?-casein, wherein the free ?-casein constitutes more than 45% of the total ?-casein present in the frozen confection; and containing a population of gas bubbles, wherein at least 65% of the gas bubbles have a diameter of less than 20 ?m. A process for producing such a frozen aerated confection is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Florence Clotilde Cagnol, Andrew Richard Cox, Andrew Baxter Russell
  • Publication number: 20120224049
    Abstract: Systems for inspecting clearances in a machine are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus for inspecting a clearance in a machine includes: a base bracket configured to be disposed upon at least one rotor land within the machine; an optical device disposed upon the base bracket, the optical device for capturing an image of at least a portion of the machine wherein the image depicts at least one clearance in the machine; and a computing device communicatively connected to the optical device, the computing device for obtaining and processing the image of at least a portion of the machine from the optical device and determining at least one clearance value from the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: David Richard Cox
  • Patent number: 8216624
    Abstract: An aerated food product is provided which includes hydrophobin. Also provided is the use of a hydrophobin in a method of inhibiting bubble coarsening in aerated food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark John Berry, Deryck Jozef Cebula, Andrew Richard Cox, Matthew Duncan Golding, Robert Daniel Keenan, Mark Emmett Malone, Sarah Twigg
  • Patent number: 8206770
    Abstract: A frozen composition is provided which includes hydrophobin. Also provided is the use of hydrophobin in inhibiting ice crystal growth and/or modifying ice crystal habit in frozen food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Deborah Lynne Aldred, Mark John Berry, Deryck Jozef Cebula, Andrew Richard Cox, Matthew Duncan Golding, Sarah Golding, Robert Daniel Keenan, Mark Emmett Malone, Sarah Twigg
  • Publication number: 20120121776
    Abstract: The present invention has as an objective to provide protein particles which have strongly reduced surface activity, and can be used as an ingredient in foams and aerated food products while not interfering with stabilisers at the gas bubble interface. This invention provides a method to produce such aggregated protein particles, as well as the aggregated protein particles which have strongly reduced surface activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Luben Nikolaev Arnaudov, Theodorus Berend Jan Blijdenstein, Andrew Richard Cox, Petrus Wilhelmus N de Groot, Simeon Dobrev Stoyanov
  • Publication number: 20120121787
    Abstract: The present invention has as an objective to provide aerated food products containing solid particles at the gas bubble interface, and proteins which do not interfere with the solid particles, and of which the texture remains stable during storage. This objective is met by an aerated food product which contains aggregated protein particles which are not surface active.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Luben Nikolaev Arnaudov, Theodorus Berend Jan Blijdenstein, Andrew Richard Cox, Petrus Wilhelmus N de Groot, Simeon Dobrev Stoyanov
  • Publication number: 20120021106
    Abstract: An aerated food product comprising hydrophobin and a surfactant is provided, the aerated food product containing a population of gas bubbles, wherein at least 65% of the gas bubbles have a diameter of less than 20 ?m. Processes for producing such an aerated food product are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
    Inventors: Sabina Silvia Haenel BURMESTER, Florence Clotilde CAGNOL, Andrew Richard COX, Andrew Baxter RUSSELL
  • Publication number: 20110206820
    Abstract: An aerated food product comprising hydrophobin and a surfactant is provided, the aerated food product containing a population of gas bubbles, wherein at least 65% of the gas bubbles have a diameter of less than 20 ?m. Processes for producing such an aerated food product are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
    Inventors: Sabina Silvia Haenel BURMESTER, Florence Clotilde CAGNOL, Andrew Richard COX, Andrew Baxter RUSSELL
  • Publication number: 20110086157
    Abstract: An oil-in-water emulsion comprising hydrophobin and oil wherein the oil phase has an iodine value of greater than 40 characterised in that the ratio of hydrophobin to oil is greater than 30 g/litre and less than 140 g/litre is provided. A product comprising such an oil-in-water emulsion is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Andrew Richard Cox, Hyun-Jung Kim
  • Publication number: 20100303998
    Abstract: An oil-in-water emulsion comprising hydrophobin and oil wherein the oil-in-water emulsion has an overrun of less than 35% and wherein the oil phase has an iodine value of greater than 40 characterised in that the ratio of hydrophobin to oil is greater than 20 g/litre is provided. Products comprising such an oil-in-water emulsion is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
    Inventors: Andrew Richard Cox, Hyun-Jung Kim
  • Publication number: 20100291630
    Abstract: A method for producing a foaming agent is provided, the method comprising cultivating a host cell in a fermentation medium wherein the host cell extra-cellularly secretes a foaming agent and wherein the fermentation medium contains an antifoam which has a cloud point; and then removing the antifoam5 while the temperature of the fermentation medium is above the cloud point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Andrew Richard COX, Andrew Baxter RUSSELL, Christopher Mark TIER
  • Publication number: 20100186420
    Abstract: The invention relates to a frozen aerated frozen food product having an overrun of at least 30% comprising 0.001 to 10 weight-% (wt-%), based on the total weight of the frozen aerated food product, of surface-active fibres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Mark John Berry, Andrew Richard Cox, Weichang Liu, Simeon Dobrev Stoyanov, Weizheng Zhou
  • Publication number: 20100143566
    Abstract: A frozen aerated confection is provided, the confection comprising at least 0.2 wt % free ?-casein, wherein the free ?-casein constitutes more than 45% of the total ?-casein present in the frozen confection; and containing a population of gas bubbles, wherein at least 65% of the gas bubbles have a diameter of less than 20 ?m. A process for producing such a frozen aerated confection is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
    Inventors: Florence Clotilde Cagnol, Andrew Richard Cox, Andrew Baxter Russell
  • Publication number: 20100112179
    Abstract: An aerated food product having an overrun of at least 20%, comprising 40-97% water, 3-50% soluble and/or insoluble solids and hydrophobin, wherein the aerated food product has a temperature of at least 50° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Andrew Richard Cox, Andrew Baxter Russell
  • Publication number: 20100099844
    Abstract: Aqueous solution containing at least 300 mg/l of hydrophobin and at least 0.3 mg/l of antifoam, wherein the antifoam/hydrophobin weight ratio is below 0.2, preferably below 0.15, more preferably below 0.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
    Inventors: Andrew Richard Cox, Andrew Baxter Russell, Christopher Mark Tier
  • Publication number: 20100086662
    Abstract: An aerated food product having an overrun of at least 20%, comprising 40-95% water, 5-55% fat, and hydrophobin, wherein the aerated food product has a temperature of at least 50° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Andrew Richard Cox, Andrew Baxter Russell
  • Publication number: 20100034753
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an edible foam product that can advantageously be used in the treatment or prevention of obesity. More particularly, the present invention provides an edible foam product of pourable or spoonable consistency having an overrun of at least 100%, said foam product containing at least 60 wt. % of water, from 1 to 7 wt. % of protein and from 1 to 20 wt. % of carbohydrates, and further being characterised by a high in-mouth stability as evidenced by a reduction in overrun of less than 35% under in-mouth shear conditions and a high gastric stability as evidenced by a t½>30 minutes, t 1/2 representing the time needed to achieve a reduction in overrun of 50% under gastric conditions. Another aspect of the invention relates to the use of an edible foam product in the treatment or prevention of overweight or obesity, said edible foam product having a pourable or spoonable consistency, an overrun of at least 100% and a high gastric stability as evidenced by t 1/2 >30 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Andrew Richard Cox, Petrus Wilhelmus N. de Groot, Sergey Michailovich Melnikov, Simeon Dobrev Stoyanov
  • Publication number: 20090274798
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a frozen aerated product comprising a soy product, which comprises soy protein and less than 25 weight-% (wt-%), based on the total weight of the soy product, of soy fat and at least one destabilising emulsifier: as well as to a process for the production of such a frozen aerated product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Andrew Richard Cox, Susan Margaret Turan, Mary Lafone Waudby