Patents by Inventor Thomas P. Kichline

Thomas P. Kichline 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).

  • Preparation of process cheese
    Patent number: 4012534
    Abstract: A sodium aluminum phosphate composition having an empirical formulax Na.sub.2 O . y Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 . 8 P.sub.2 O.sub.5 . z H.sub.2 Owherein x is a number higher than 15 up to and inclusive of 24, v is a number between 1.0 and 3.9 inclusive, and z is a number between 0 and 50 inclusive, is used for emulsification and to provide optimum alkalinity in preparing process cheese.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1977
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Thomas P. Kichline, Allen H. Kranz
  • Novel sodium aluminum phosphate cheese emulsifiers
    Patent number: 3957679
    Abstract: A sodium aluminum phosphate composition having an empirical formulax Na.sub.2 O . y Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 . 8 P.sub.2 O.sub.5 . z H.sub.2 Owherein x is a number higher than 15 up to and inclusive of 24, y is a number between 1.0 and 3.9 inclusive, and z is a number between 0 and 50 inclusive, said composition having an optimum available alkalinity for emulsification of cheese. The sodium aluminum phosphate composition is useful as a cheese emulsifier in process cheese compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1973
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Thomas P. Kichline, Allen H. Kranz