Patents by Inventor Robert Dustan Wood

Robert Dustan Wood 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: 8263146
    Abstract: The present invention relates to any kinds of consumable products enriched with probiotics and a method for obtaining them. After production of probiotic biomass, the probiotics are applied to the product. Also metabolites obtained from a fermentation product may be directly applied to a consumable product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Annmarie Bengtsson-Riveros, Johannes De Reu, Robert Dustan Wood, John Darbyshire, Hermann Knauf, Christoph Cavadini
  • Publication number: 20040115308
    Abstract: The present invention relates to any kinds of consumable products enriched with probiotics and a method for obtaining them. After production of probiotic biomass, the probiotics are applied to the product. Also metabolites obtained from a fermentation product may be directly applied to a consumable product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Annmarie Bengtsson-Riveros, Johannes De Reu, Robert Dustan Wood, John Darbyshire, Hermann Knauf, Christoph Cavadini
  • Patent number: 6020009
    Abstract: Process for the production of a meat flavor, in which a mixture of a plant source of proteins and of a plant source of carbohydrates is prepared having at least initially 45% by weight of dry matter, the mixture is inoculated with one or more microbial species traditionally used in the preparation of fermented cooked meat products, and is then incubated for a time period and at a temperature sufficient to produce a meat flavor. The meat flavor may be extracted with oil, a gas, or a fluorocarbon-based solvent. The mixture may be a koji. Flavor compositions are thus produced. In particular, a salami flavor is obtained by incubation with a mixture of Pediococcus pentosaceus and Staphylococcus xylosus or Staphylococcus carnosus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Robert Dustan Wood, Hugh Hose, Beat Denis Zurbriggen
  • Patent number: 5789003
    Abstract: Method of preparing an flavoring base, in which a mixture is prepared combining at least water and a starchy starting material, the mixture is liquefied with at least one carbohydrase and it is treated enzymatically with a lipase or a lipoxygenase, and use of the the dried or liquid flavoring base for the manufacture of a food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Jacques Desjardins, Philippe Duby, Pierre Dupart, Robert Dustan Wood, Ulrich Zurcher