Patents by Inventor Sylvia Anna Jones

Sylvia Anna Jones 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 producing dehydrated vegetables
    Patent number: 6004590
    Abstract: A process for producing dehydrated vegetables including preparing the vegetables, holding the prepared vegetables for a time and at a temperature to activate pectinmethylesterase (PME), blanching and drying. The drying includes exposure to microwave radiation at a pressure below atmospheric pressure. The invention also provides dehydrated vegetable matter obtainable by the process, a dried food product reconstitutable with aqueous liquids which includes the vegetable matter, and the product when so reconstituted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Bestfoods
    Inventors: Persis Jebakumari Subramaniam, Iain Cunningham Mutter Dea, Sylvia Anna Jones
  • Dehydrated vegetables and method for their preparation
    Patent number: 5645876
    Abstract: Dehydrated vegetables are prepared by preparing the vegetables, holding them for a time and at a temperature to activate the endogenous pectinmethylesterase, blanching and drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: CPC International Inc.
    Inventors: Persis Jebakumari Subramaniam, Sylvia Anna Jones, Iain Cunningham Mutter Dea