Patents by Inventor Thomas K. Hutton

Thomas K. Hutton 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: 11884752
    Abstract: An inhibited non-pregelatinized granular starch suitable for use as a food ingredient in substitution for a chemically modified starch may be prepared by heating a non-pregelatinized granular starch in an alcoholic medium in the presence of a base and/or a salt. Steam treatment may be used to enhance the extent of inhibition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC
    Inventors: Xian-Zhong Han, Thomas K. Hutton
  • Publication number: 20220110354
    Abstract: An inhibited non-pregelatinized granular starch suitable for use as a food ingredient in substitution for a chemically modified starch may be prepared by heating a non-pregelatinized granular starch in an alcoholic medium in the presence of a base and/or a salt. Steam treatment may be used to enhance the extent of inhibition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas LLC
    Inventors: Xian-Zhong Han, Thomas K. Hutton
  • Patent number: 11166483
    Abstract: An inhibited non-pregelatinized granular starch suitable for use as a food ingredient in substitution for a chemically modified starch may be prepared by heating a non-pregelatinized granular starch in an alcoholic medium in the presence of a base and/or a salt. Steam treatment may be used to enhance the extent of inhibition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas LLC
    Inventors: Xian-Zhong Han, Thomas K. Hutton
  • Publication number: 20200022393
    Abstract: An inhibited non-pregelatinized granular starch suitable for use as a food ingredient in substitution for a chemically modified starch may be prepared by heating a non-pregelatinized granular starch in an alcoholic medium in the presence of a base and/or a salt. Steam treatment may be used to enhance the extent of inhibition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas LLC
    Inventors: Xian-Zhong Han, Thomas K. Hutton
  • Patent number: 10463066
    Abstract: An inhibited non-pregelatinized granular starch suitable for use as a food ingredient in substitution for a chemically modified starch may be prepared by heating a non-pregelatinized granular starch in an alcoholic medium in the presence of a base and/or a salt. Steam treatment may be used to enhance the extent of inhibition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: TATE & LYLE INGREDIENTS AMERICAS LLC
    Inventors: Xian-Zhong Han, Thomas K. Hutton
  • Patent number: 9982064
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing an inhibited starch comprising, in order: a) extracting starch from a native source and partially refining to provide a partially refined starch having a residual protein content on a dry starch basis of more than 0.4% by weight and less than 8.0% by weight; b) treating said partially refined starch with a bleaching agent to provide an inhibited starch; and c) recovering said inhibited starch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: TATE & LYLE INGREDIENTS AMERICAS LLC
    Inventors: Balaji Santhanam, Thomas K. Hutton
  • Publication number: 20150239994
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing an inhibited starch comprising, in order: a) extracting starch from a native source and partially refining to provide a partially refined starch having a residual protein content on a dry starch basis of more than 0.4% by weight and less than 8.0% by weight; b) treating said partially refined starch with a bleaching agent to provide an inhibited starch; and c) recovering said inhibited starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: TATE & LYLE INGREDIENTS AMERICAS LLC
    Inventors: Balaji Santhanam, Thomas K. Hutton
  • Publication number: 20130309386
    Abstract: An inhibited non-pregelatinized granular starch suitable for use as a food ingredient in substitution for a chemically modified starch may be prepared by heating a non-pregelatinized granular starch in an alcoholic medium in the presence of a base and/or a salt. Steam treatment may be used to enhance the extent of inhibition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Xian-Zhong Han, Thomas K. Hutton
  • Patent number: 8153849
    Abstract: Methods of recovering a triarylmethyl halide from a sucrose derivatization process include the steps of (a) forming a mixture including 1) a triarylmethylated sucrose derivative including at least one triarylmethyl substituent and at least one acyl substituent on the sucrose, 2) triarylmethylated sucrose ester byproducts, and 3) an amine; (b) separating from the output of step (a) i) the triarylmethylated sucrose derivative, and ii) a mixture including the triarylmethylated sucrose ester byproducts and the amine; (c) removing the amine from the mixture of step (b) ii); (d) contacting the product of step (c) with hydrogen halide to cleave triarylmethyl groups and thereby form a crude triarylmethyl halide component; (e) contacting the crude triarylmethyl halide component with hydrogen halide to form a purified triarylmethyl halide component; and (f) recovering the triarylmethyl halide from the output of step (e).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Tate & Lyle Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen C. Scherrer, Anne P. Noonan, Thomas K. Hutton
  • Publication number: 20100222549
    Abstract: A dechalcogenative method for the preparation of an allylic sulfide comprises contacting an activated chalcogenide of Formula (I) with a thiol of Formula (II) for a period of time sufficient to form an intermediate of Formula (III), and supplying sufficient activation energy to the intermediate of Formula (III), in a suitable solvent, preferably in the absence of a phosphine or other thiophile, to induce a [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement therein to form an allylic sulfide of Formula (IV), with concomitant loss of chalcogen Z, as set forth in the following reaction scheme, wherein X is an activating group selected from the group consisting of CN, S-pyridyl, S-heteroaryl, SO2-aryl, and SO3Y; Y is an alkali metal ion; Z is Se or S; R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are each independently H or a hydrocarbon moiety; and R is an organic moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: David Crich, Maheswaran Karatholuvhu, Venkataramanan Krishnamurthy, Thomas K. Hutton, Franck Brebion, Venkataraman Subramanian
  • Publication number: 20080234526
    Abstract: Methods of recovering a triarylmethyl halide from a sucrose derivatization process include the steps of (a) forming a mixture including 1) a triarylmethylated sucrose derivative including at least one triarylmethyl substituent and at least one acyl substituent on the sucralose, 2) triarylmethylated sucrose ester byproducts, and 3) an amine; (b) separating from the output of step (a) i) the triarylmethylated sucrose derivative, and ii) a mixture including the triarylmethylated sucrose ester byproducts and the amine; (c) removing the amine from the mixture of step (b) ii); (d) contacting the product of step (c) with hydrogen halide to cleave triarylmethyl groups and thereby form a crude triarylmethyl halide component; (e) contacting the crude triarylmethyl halide component with hydrogen halide to form a purified triarylmethyl halide component; and (f) recovering the triarylmethyl halide from the output of step (e).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen C. Scherrer, Anne P. Noonan, Thomas K. Hutton