Patents by Inventor Ronald Albert Schotel

Ronald Albert Schotel 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).

  • Low fat spread
    Patent number: 6348228
    Abstract: A water-continuous spread having: (A) a structuring amount of oligofructoses; and (B) from 0.1 to 7 wt % of fat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Van Den Bergh Foods Co., division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald Albert Schotel
  • Low fat spread
    Patent number: 6322844
    Abstract: A water-continuous spread comprising: 10 to 50 wt % of an oligofructose and 0.05 to 30 wt % of a biopolymer other than oligofructose and less than 20 wt % of an oil phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Van den Bergh Foods Company, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Leendert Alderliesten, Wilhelmus Adrianus Castenmiller, Ronald Albert Schotel, Jozephus Johannes Verschuren
  • Water continuous edible spread
    Patent number: 6071548
    Abstract: Water continuous edible spread having a solid fat content at 10.degree. C. below 10% and preferably 5%, comprising at least 7 wt % and further preferred at least 9 wt % oligofructose having a weight average degree of polymerisation of at least 14 whereby the short oligofructose molecules are present in very small amounts or not at all, the structuring amount needed thereby being low and the products not showing an undesired off-taste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Van Den Bergh Foods Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Carolina Maria Hilhorst, Ronald Albert Schotel, Jozephus Johannes Verschuren
  • Low fat spread
    Patent number: 5846592
    Abstract: A spread is disclosed to contain a fiber ingredient which is non-degradable by enzymes secreted by the human body. The fiber ingredient is a non-starch polysaccharide having an average molecular weight of more than 800 and at least 10 st %, based on the weight of the fibers of soluble fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Van Den Bergh Foods Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Leendert Alderliesten, Johannes Mateus Maria van Amelsvoort, Wilhelmus Adrianus M. Castenmiller, Nanneke Joke de Fouw, Ronald Albert Schotel, Jozephus Johannes Verschuren