Patents by Inventor Rickey L. Sharp

Rickey L. Sharp 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).

  • Nutritional products containning modified starches
    Publication number: 20040096560
    Abstract: Modified starch materials having a number average molecular weight of at least 10,000 for nutritional products provide a relatively slow release of metabolizable carbohydrates, giving a source of carbohydrate energy over a longer period of time than can be obtained from glucose and other carbohydrates such as lactose, fructose, or sucrose. Such modified starch materials possess altered processing and pasting profile characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Rickey L. Sharp, John F. Robyt, Murray L. Kaplan
  • Nutritional products containing modified starches
    Patent number: 6676984
    Abstract: Modified starch materials having a number average molecular weight of at least 10,000 for nutritional products provide a relatively slow release of metabolizable carbohydrates, giving a source of carbohydrate energy over a longer period of time than can be obtained from glucose and other carbohydrates such as lactose, fructose, or sucrose. Such modified starch material possess altered processing and pasting profile characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Rickey L. Sharp, John F. Robyt, Murray L. Kaplan
  • Nutritional products containing modified starches
    Patent number: 5695803
    Abstract: Modified starch materials having a number average molecular weight of at least 10,000 for nutritional products provide a relatively slow release of metabolizable carbohydrates, giving a source of carbohydrate energy over a longer period of time than can be obtained from glucose and other carbohydrates such as lactose, fructose, or sucrose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Rickey L. Sharp, John F. Robyt, Murray L. Kaplan