Patents by Inventor Russell William Groves

Russell William Groves 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).

  • Process for making tortilla chips with controlled surface bubbling
    Patent number: 6572910
    Abstract: Uniformly shaped snack chips, preferably tortilla-type chips, having raised surface features and a method for preparing the same. The chips can be made from a dough composition comprising pre-cooked starch-based material and pregelatinized starch. Preferably, the snack chips have raised surface features comprising from about 12% to about 40% large surface features; from about 20% to about 40% medium surface features; and from about 25% to about 60% small surface features. In one embodiment, the average thickness of the snack chip is from about 1 mm to about 3 mm; the average thickness of raised surface features is from about 2.3 mm to about 3.2 mm; the maximum thickness of the chip is less than about 5.5 mm; and the coefficient of variation of the chip thickness is greater than about 15%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: David Arthur Lanner, Yen-Ping Chin Hsieh, Stephen Paul Zimmerman, Lee Michael Teras, Charles Edward Jones, John Russell Herring, Russell William Groves, Mark Joseph Fiteny
  • Process for preparing tortilla chip dough
    Publication number: 20020034571
    Abstract: Uniformly shaped snack chips, preferably tortilla-type chips, having raised surface features and a method for preparing the same. The chips can be made from a dough composition comprising pre-cooked starch-based material and pregelatinized starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Zimmerman, Lee Michael Teras, Russell William Groves, David Arthur Lanner, Charles Edward Jones, Merrilee LaDonna Palcic, Michael Wayne Haney
  • Process for making tortilla chips with controlled surface bubbling
    Publication number: 20020022076
    Abstract: Uniformly shaped snack chips, preferably tortilla-type chips, having raised surface features and a method for preparing the same. The chips can be made from a dough composition comprising pre-cooked starch-based material and pregelatinized starch. Preferably, the snack chips have raised surface features comprising from about 12% to about 40% large surface features; from about 20% to about 40% medium surface features; and from about 25% to about 60% small surface features. In one embodiment, the average thickness of the snack chip is from about 1 mm to about 3 mm; the average thickness of raised surface features is from about 2.3 mm to about 3.2 mm; the maximum thickness of the chip is less than about 5.5 mm; and the coefficient of variation of the chip thickness is greater than about 15%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: David Arthur Lanner, Yen-Ping Chin Hsieh, Stephen Paul Zimmerman, Lee Michael Teras, Charles Edward Jones, John Russell Herring, Russell William Groves, Mark Joseph Fiteny
  • Dough for making tortilla chips with controlled surface bubbling
    Publication number: 20020018837
    Abstract: Uniformly shaped snack chips, preferably tortilla-type chips, having raised surface features and a method for preparing the same. The chips can be made from a dough composition comprising pre-cooked starch-based material and pregelatinized starch. Preferably, the snack chips have raised surface features comprising from about 12% to about 40% large surface features; from about 20% to about 40% medium surface features; and from about 25% to about 60% small surface features. In one embodiment, the average thickness of the snack chip is from about 1 mm to about 3 mm; the average thickness of raised surface features is from about 2.3 mm to about 3.2 mm; the maximum thickness of the chip is less than about 5.5 mm; and the coefficient of variation of the chip thickness is greater than about 15%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: David Arthur Lanner, Yen-Ping Chin Hsieh, Peter Yen-Chih Lin, Stephen Paul Zimmerman, Russell William Groves, Susan Louise Joa, Lee Michael Teras, Charles Michael Garrison, Charles Edward Jones, John Russell Herring