Patents by Inventor Thomas J. English

Thomas J. English 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).

  • Patent number: 8759511
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a process for making a thermally inhibited polysaccharide by dehydrating a polysaccharide to substantially anhydrous or anhydrous conditions and thermally inhibiting the substantially anhydrous or anhydrous polysaccharide at a temperature of 100° C. or greater for a time sufficient to inhibit the polysaccharide in an oxygen enriched concentration of at least 6.5 moles/m3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Corn Products Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. English, Kamlesh Shah, James J. Kasica, Christopher C. Lane, Tushar Shah
  • Publication number: 20130203983
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a process for making a thermally inhibited polysaccharide by dehydrating a polysaccharide to substantially anhydrous or anhydrous conditions and thermally inhibiting the substantially anhydrous or anhydrous polysaccharide at a temperature of 100° C. or greater for a time sufficient to inhibit the polysaccharide in an oxygen enriched concentration of at least 6.5 moles/m3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: CORN PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas J. English, Kamlesh Shah, James J. Kasica, Christopher C. Lane, Tushar Shah
  • Patent number: 8268989
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a process for making a thermally inhibited polysaccharide by dehydrating a polysaccharide to substantially anhydrous or anhydrous conditions and thermally inhibiting the substantially anhydrous or anhydrous polysaccharide at a temperature of 100° C. or greater for a time sufficient to inhibit the polysaccharide in an oxygen enriched concentration of at least 6.5 moles/m3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Corn Products Development Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. English, Kamlesh Shah, James J. Kasica, Christopher C. Lane, Tushar Shah
  • Publication number: 20090281304
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a process for making a thermally inhibited polysaccharide by dehydrating a polysaccharide to substantially anhydrous or anhydrous conditions and thermally inhibiting the substantially anhydrous or anhydrous polysaccharide at a temperature of 100° C. or greater for a time sufficient to inhibit the polysaccharide in an oxygen enriched concentration of at least 6.5 moles/m3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: Brunob II B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas J. English, Kamlesh Shah, James J. Kasica, Christopher C. Lane, Tushar Shah