Patents by Inventor Robert Joseph Schaar

Robert Joseph Schaar 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).

  • Beverage compositions having low levels of preservative with enhanced microbial stability
    Patent number: 8455031
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to beverage compositions comprising low levels of preservative, without the need for hot or aseptic packing. In particular, the present invention relates to beverage compositions comprising: (a) from about 20 ppm to about 50 ppm of a preservative selected from the group consisting of sorbic acid, alkali metal salts thereof and mixtures thereof; (b) from about 300 ppm to about 1500 ppm of a polyphosphate having the structure; where n averages from about 13 to about 35 and each M is independently selected from the group consisting of sodium and potassium; and (c) water; wherein the beverage composition has a pH of front about 2 to about 5 and a total hardness of from 60 to about 300.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Ray Graumlich, Robert Joseph Schaar, Joseph John Buechel, Galen Edward Downton, John William Wegman
  • Beverage Compositions Having Low Levels of Preservative with Enhanced Microbial Stability
    Publication number: 20120308705
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to beverage compositions comprising low levels of preservative, without the need for hot or aseptic packing. In particular, the present invention relates to beverage compositions comprising: (a) from about 20 ppm to about 50 ppm of a preservative selected from the group consisting of sorbic acid, alkali metal salts thereof and mixtures thereof; (b) from about 300 ppm to about 1500 ppm of a polyphosphate having the structure; ?where n averages from about 13 to about 35 and each M is independently selected from the group consisting of sodium and potassium; and (c) water; wherein the beverage composition has a pH of front about 2 to about 5 and a total hardness of from 60 to about 300.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Ray Graumlich, Robert Joseph Schaar, Joseph John Buechel, Galen Edward Downton, John William Wegman
  • Beverage compositions having low levels of preservative with enhanced microbial stability
    Patent number: 8263150
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to beverage compositions comprising low levels of preservative, without the need for hot or aseptic packing. In particular, the present invention relates to beverage compositions comprising: (a) from about 20 ppm to about 90 ppm of a preservative selected from the group consisting of sorbic acid, benzoic acid, alkali metal salts thereof and mixtures thereof; (b) from about 300 ppm to about 3000 ppm of a polyphosphate having the structure: ?where n averages from about 3 to about 100 and each M is independently selected from the group consisting of sodium and potassium; and (c) water; wherein the beverage composition has a pH of from about 2 to about 5 and a total hardness of from 0 to about 300.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Ray Graumlich, Robert Joseph Schaar, Joseph John Buechel, Galen Edward Downton, John William Wegman
  • Beverage compositions having low levels of preservative with enhanced microbial stability
    Publication number: 20030134017
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to beverage compositions comprising low levels of preservative, without the need for hot or aseptic packing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Ray Graumlich, Robert Joseph Schaar, Joseph John Buechel, Galen Edward Downton, John William Wegman