Patents by Inventor Smaro Kokkinidou

Smaro Kokkinidou 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).

  • Methods of making modified alcohol containing products
    Patent number: 11407699
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention provide a method of preparing a modified distilled alcoholic spirit, comprising contacting a corresponding starting distilled alcoholic spirit with a base under conditions that cause at least one free carbonyl compound in the starting distilled alcoholic spirit to be reduced, to provide the modified distilled alcoholic spirit that has at an alcohol by volume (ABV) of at least 15%. Certain embodiments also provide a modified distilled alcoholic spirit prepared by the methods described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SPIRITED BEVTECH LLC
    Inventors: Devin Grant Peterson, Smaro Kokkinidou
  • METHODS OF MAKING MODIFIED ALCOHOL CONTAINING PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20200148613
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention provide a method of preparing a modified distilled alcoholic spirit, comprising contacting a corresponding starting distilled alcoholic spirit with a base under conditions that cause at least one free carbonyl compound in the starting distilled alcoholic spirit to be reduced, to provide the modified distilled alcoholic spirit that has at an alcohol by volume (ABV) of at least 15%. Certain embodiments also provide a modified distilled alcoholic spirit prepared by the methods described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Devin Grant Peterson, Smaro Kokkinidou
  • METHODS OF MAKING MODIFIED ALCOHOL CONTAINING PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20170036974
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention provide a method of preparing a modified distilled alcoholic spirit, comprising contacting a corresponding starting distilled alcoholic spirit with a base under conditions that cause at least one free carbonyl compound in the starting distilled alcoholic spirit to be reduced, to provide the modified distilled alcoholic spirit that has at an alcohol by volume (ABV) of at least 15%. Certain embodiments also provide a modified distilled alcoholic spirit prepared by the methods described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Devin Grant Peterson, Smaro Kokkinidou