Patents by Inventor Robert Godfroid
Robert Godfroid 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).
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Publication number: 20230108533Abstract: Aqueous coating compositions are disclosed that are capable of forming residual antimicrobial coatings having improved performance related to residual efficacy and duration. In various embodiments, an antimicrobial coating composition comprises at least one antimicrobial compound, at least one durable matrix forming compound, and optionally, at least one performance-enhancing additive. The antimicrobial compound is selected from non-silane quaternary compounds and quaternary silanes. The durable matrix forming compound is selected from polymers, non-polymeric organic compounds, inorganic substances, additional antimicrobial substances, reactive silanes, and non-reactive silanes. The performance-enhancing additive is selected from a polymer, a solvent, an inorganic substance, a surfactant, a crosslinker, a surface modifier, and chemical species capable of forming a sol-gel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: SRFC BIO, INC.Inventors: Parham Asgari, Robert Godfroid, Maha El-Sayed, Valerie Beck, Devin Whorton
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Publication number: 20220397561Abstract: Systems, indicator wipe product, and methods thereof used to detect the presence of cationic polymer residues on a surface are described. In various embodiments, the cationic polymer to be detected comprises a quaternary silane residual antimicrobial. The indicator wipe may comprise a woven, nonwoven, or double-knit fabric, cotton, functional cellulose, or open cell foam material substrate impregnated with an aqueous dye solution comprising a sulfonephthalein dye. The indicator wipe may be configured to differentiate between traditional monomer quaternary ammonium compounds and cationic polymers such as quaternary silane compounds used in residual antimicrobial coatings by color changes on the indicator wipe and by observing if cationic-dye complexes diffuse by chromatography on the indicator wipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: SRFC BIO, INC.Inventors: Parham Asgari, Robert Godfroid, Jie Fang, Devin Whorton, Maha El-Sayed
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Patent number: 10246247Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing and dispensing a viscous product. The product and a propellant are stored in a container on a base, and the propellant forms a head space. In a storage configuration, the container rests on the base, the base rests on a surface, and the propellant in the head space and the product tend to move toward positions wherein the propellant in the head space is at a higher elevation than the product and the product is at a higher elevation than an inlet to a dispenser. In one aspect, the base comprises a first portion, a second portion comprising a lid, a sidewall comprising a window, and an interior. In a second aspect, the method comprises storing the container in the storage configuration, removing the lid to expose a dispenser, dispensing the product, and viewing an interior of the base through the window.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Robert Godfroid, Galina Laufer, David Michael Pehar, John Evan Spirk
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Publication number: 20190038063Abstract: A system and method for cooking. The system includes a sealable bag and a bag seal located on the sealable bag. Coupled to the sealable bag is a snorkel which has a top end and a bottom end. The snorkel also has a cap. The snorkel is coupled to the sealable bag such that when the sealable bag is immersed in a fluid, the hydrostatic pressure of the fluid causes the air to be purged from the sealable bag. The resulting purged bag is then cooked in the bath of fluid for a desired time and temperature. The removal of air provides several benefits including more uniform cooking.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventor: Robert Godfroid
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Patent number: 10159272Abstract: A method of cooking a snack food, the method comprising the steps of: a. providing a bed comprising a plurality of particles, wherein the particles are composed of, comprise or consist of a material which is magnetic and/or electroconductive; b. heating the particles in the bed to form a cooking medium in the form of a heated bed of particles, wherein in step b the particles are heated at least partially by electromagnetic induction; c. providing a plurality of snack food precursor elements in the cooking medium thereby to cook the elements to form a plurality of cooked snack food pieces, wherein the heated particles transfer heat into the elements by thermal conduction; and d. separating the plurality of snack food pieces and the cooking medium.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Robert Godfroid, Austin Jon Kozman, Simon John Lawton, Leon Levine, Roshni Modhwadia, David James Stanley-Smith
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Patent number: 10159271Abstract: A method of cooking a snack food, the method comprising the steps of: a. providing a bed comprising a plurality of particles; b. heating and moving the particles in the bed to form a mobile cooking medium in the form of a heated, mobile bed of particles; c. providing a plurality of snack food precursor elements in the cooking medium thereby to cook the snack food precursor elements to form a plurality of cooked snack food pieces, wherein the heated, mobile particles transfer heat into the snack food precursor elements by thermal conduction; and d. separating the plurality of snack food pieces and the cooking medium.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Robert Godfroid, Austin Jon Kozman, Simon John Lawton, Leon Levine, Roshni Modhwadia, David James Stanley-Smith
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Patent number: 10123648Abstract: A system and method for cooking. The system includes a sealable bag and a bag seal located on the sealable bag. Coupled to the sealable bag is a snorkel which has a top end and a bottom end. The snorkel also has a cap. The snorkel is coupled to the sealable bag such that when the sealable bag is immersed in a fluid, the hydrostatic pressure of the fluid causes the air to be purged from the sealable bag. The resulting purged bag is then cooked in the bath of fluid for a desired time and temperature. The removal of air provides several benefits including more uniform cooking.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Inventor: Robert Godfroid
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Publication number: 20180213827Abstract: A method of cooking a snack food, the method comprising the steps of: a. providing a bed comprising a plurality of particles; b. heating and moving the particles in the bed to form a mobile cooking medium in the form of a heated, mobile bed of particles; c. providing a plurality of snack food precursor elements in the cooking medium thereby to cook the snack food precursor elements to form a plurality of cooked snack food pieces, wherein the heated, mobile particles transfer heat into the snack food precursor elements by thermal conduction; and d. separating the plurality of snack food pieces and the cooking medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Robert GODFROID, Austin Jon KOZMAN, Simon John LAWTON, Leon LEVINE, Roshni MODHWADIA, David James STANLEY-SMITH
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Publication number: 20180213828Abstract: A method of cooking a snack food, the method comprising the steps of: a. providing a bed comprising a plurality of particles, wherein the particles are composed of, comprise or consist of a material which is magnetic and/or electroconductive; b. heating the particles in the bed to form a cooking medium in the form of a heated bed of particles, wherein in step b the particles are heated at least partially by electromagnetic induction; c. providing a plurality of snack food precursor elements in the cooking medium thereby to cook the elements to form a plurality of cooked snack food pieces, wherein the heated particles transfer heat into the elements by thermal conduction; and d. separating the plurality of snack food pieces and the cooking medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Robert GODFROID, Austin Jon KOZMAN, Simon John LAWTON, Leon LEVINE, Roshni MODHWADIA, David James STANLEY-SMITH
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Publication number: 20170203909Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing and dispensing a viscous product. The product and a propellant are stored in a container on a base, and the propellant forms a head space. In a storage configuration, the container rests on the base, the base rests on a surface, and the propellant in the head space and the product tend to move toward positions wherein the propellant in the head space is at a higher elevation than the product and the product is at a higher elevation than an inlet to a dispenser. In one aspect, the base comprises a first portion, a second portion comprising a lid, a sidewall comprising a window, and an interior. In a second aspect, the method comprises storing the container in the storage configuration, removing the lid to expose a dispenser, dispensing the product, and viewing an interior of the base through the window.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Robert GODFROID, Galina LAUFER, David Michael PEHAR, John Evan SPIRK
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Publication number: 20170156537Abstract: A system and method for cooking. The system includes a sealable bag and a bag seal located on the sealable bag. Coupled to the sealable bag is a snorkel which has a top end and a bottom end. The snorkel also has a cap. The snorkel is coupled to the sealable bag such that when the sealable bag is immersed in a fluid, the hydrostatic pressure of the fluid causes the air to be purged from the sealable bag. The resulting purged bag is then cooked in the bath of fluid for a desired time and temperature. The removal of air provides several benefits including more uniform cooking.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventor: Robert Godfroid
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Patent number: 9637301Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing and dispensing a viscous product. The product and a propellant are stored in a container on a base, and the propellant forms a head space. In a storage configuration, the container rests on the base, the base rests on a surface, and the propellant in the head space and the product tend to move toward positions wherein the propellant in the head space is at a higher elevation than the product and the product is at a higher elevation than an inlet to a dispenser. In one aspect, the base comprises a first portion, a second portion comprising a lid, a sidewall comprising a window, and an interior. In a second aspect, the method comprises storing the container in the storage configuration, removing the lid to expose a dispenser, dispensing the product, and viewing an interior of the base through the window.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Robert Godfroid, Galina Laufer, David Michael Pehar, John Evan Spirk
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Publication number: 20160304270Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing and dispensing a viscous product. The product and a propellant are stored in a container on a base, and the propellant forms a head space. In a storage configuration, the container rests on the base, the base rests on a surface, and the propellant in the head space and the product tend to move toward positions wherein the propellant in the head space is at a higher elevation than the product and the product is at a higher elevation than an inlet to a dispenser. In one aspect, the base comprises a first portion, a second portion comprising a lid, a sidewall comprising a window, and an interior. In a second aspect, the method comprises storing the container in the storage configuration, removing the lid to expose a dispenser, dispensing the product, and viewing an interior of the base through the window.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2015Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Robert GODFROID, Galina LAUFER, David Michael PEHAR, John Evan SPIRK
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Patent number: 9284104Abstract: An apparatus and method for depositing an ultra-thin inorganic coating on to a packaging film substrate is disclosed. Flame pretreatment enhances the quality of the inorganic coating. Multiple coating layers may be deposited onto the substrate by passing the substrate over various one or more flame head configurations in either a stand-alone or in-line manufacturing environment.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Robert Godfroid, Glenn Jordan, Anthony Robert Knoerzer, Kenneth Scott Laverdure, Eldridge M. Mount, III
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Patent number: 9253996Abstract: A sustainable method and system for producing bio-fuels from citrus peels and the recovery of limonene and pectin prior to fermentation of the peel solids. In one embodiment a sustainable method and system for the concurrent recovery of limonene and pectin from citrus peels is disclosed. The peels are optionally zested, mixed with water and an acid, and then exploded in a jet cooker or a pressurized extruder. The exploded peels are transferred to a flash vessel where the remaining limonene and water vapor are separated into water and limonene. The pectin fraction is removed from the flash tank and extracted by centrifuge, precipitation and/or filtration. The remaining peel solids are fermented in an anaerobic digester which produces methane, ethanol, acids, CO2 or other end products which can be used as fuel for power generation equipment sufficient to supply the processing system for sustainable operations as described herein.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2012Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Robert Godfroid, Deepali Palta, Sridevi Narayan-Sarathy, William B. Small, II
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Publication number: 20130344240Abstract: An apparatus and method for depositing an ultra-thin inorganic coating on to a packaging film substrate is disclosed. Flame pretreatment enhances the quality of the inorganic coating. Multiple coating layers may be deposited onto the substrate by passing the substrate over various one or more flame head configurations in either a stand-alone or in-line manufacturing environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: Robert GODFROID, Glenn JORDAN, Anthony Robert KNOERZER, Kenneth Scott LAVERDURE, Eldridge M. MOUNT, III
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Publication number: 20130340673Abstract: An apparatus and method for depositing an ultra-thin inorganic coating on to a packaging film substrate is disclosed. Flame pretreatment enhances the quality of the inorganic coating. Multiple coating layers may be deposited onto the substrate by passing the substrate over various one or more flame head configurations in either a stand-alone or in-line manufacturing environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: Robert GODFROID, Glenn JORDAN, Anthony Robert KNOERZER, Kenneth Scott LAVERDURE, Eldridge M. MOUNT, III
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Publication number: 20130109065Abstract: A sustainable method and system for producing bio-fuels from citrus peels and the recovery of limonene and pectin prior to fermentation of the peel solids. In one embodiment a sustainable method and system for the concurrent recovery of limonene and pectin from citrus peels is disclosed. The peels are optionally zested, mixed with water and an acid, and then exploded in a jet cooker or a pressurized extruder. The exploded peels are transferred to a flash vessel where the remaining limonene and water vapor are separated into water and limonene. The pectin fraction is removed from the flash tank and extracted by centrifuge, precipitation and/or filtration. The remaining peel solids are fermented in an anaerobic digester which produces methane, ethanol, acids, CO2 or other end products which can be used as fuel for power generation equipment sufficient to supply the processing system for sustainable operations as described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Inventors: Robert GODFROID, Deepali PALTA, Sridevi NARAYAN-SARATHY, William B. SMALL, II
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Patent number: D804948Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Robert Godfroid, Galina Laufer, David Michael Pehar, John Evan Spirk
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Patent number: D804949Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Robert Godfroid, Galina Laufer, David Michael Pehar, John Evan Spirk