Patents by Inventor Santuscha Tjin Akwie Souza

Santuscha Tjin Akwie Souza 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).

  • Method for making juice
    Patent number: 7906165
    Abstract: A method for making juice from açaí berries having the steps of: chilling the berries to below about 10° C.; extracting a skin from the berries in an extractor with water to obtain a mixture; acidifying the mixture; finishing the mixture; heating the mixture to from about 40° C. to about 60° C.; de-aerating the mixture; passing the mixture through at least one of the group consisting of a high shear mixer, a colloid mill and a hammer mill to yield juice; and pasteurizing the juice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Wm. Bolthouse Farms, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Richard Dragt, Santuscha Tjin Akwie Souza