Patents by Inventor Ross C. Clark

Ross C. Clark 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 stabilizing system and process thereof
    Patent number: 5376396
    Abstract: A beverage stabilizing system which is a blend of gellan gum and carboxymethylcellulose. The blend provides a weak, stabilizing gel structure suitable for beverage products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Ross C. Clark
  • Gellan gum/gelatin blends
    Patent number: 4876105
    Abstract: Gellan gum/gelatin blends are disclosed which provide gels with improved setting and melting properties and improved room temperature stability relative to gels prepared using gelatin alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1989
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Carol L. Wolf, William M. LaVelle, Ross C. Clark
  • Blends of high acyl gellan gum with starch
    Patent number: 4869916
    Abstract: Blends of high acyl gellan and starch having textural and functional properties comparable to those of starch alone and fast-gelling food products, made with the blends, which food products have high shear-stability and low-rigidity. Methods of preparing the native gellan and starch blends of the invention and gelled products containing the blends are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ross C. Clark, Daniel R. Burgum
  • Low-acetyl gellan gum blends
    Patent number: 4647470
    Abstract: Blends of low-acetyl gellan gum with xanthan gum and locust bean gum are described. The combination of xanthan gum/locust bean gum modifies the brittleness of the gellan gum gel and provides a useful range and diversity of gel textures which find particular utility in gelled food formulations. In place of locust bean gum, konjak, tara, or Cassia gums may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: George R. Sanderson, Ross C. Clark, Ken Clare, David J. Pettitt