Patents by Inventor Thomas Rand

Thomas Rand 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: 10508419
    Abstract: The rainwater collection device: 1) pumps accumulated rainfall from one or more storage containers into a reservoir; and, 2) pumps irrigation water from the reservoir to one or more plants identified by the user. The rainwater collection device mounts on a wheeled cart that readily transports the accumulated rainfall throughout the space of a domestic garden. The rainwater collection device comprises a reservoir, a distribution system, a plurality of hoses, and a cart. The reservoir, the distribution system, and the plurality of hoses mount on the cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas Rand
  • Patent number: 9974414
    Abstract: An oven tray rack for insertion into a food rack assembly is provided having upwardly and inwardly extending food holders and downwardly and inwardly extending grease deflectors for diverting grease to a center area of the tray rack and preventing grease from dripping onto food on lower tray racks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Alto-Shaam, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Szczepaniak, Joseph M. Kulakowski, Andrew Paul Mayeshiba, Thomas Rand, Thomas C. Stollenwerk, Joshua Paul Wittig
  • Patent number: 9895721
    Abstract: A grease removal system for an oven that collects excess grease during a cook cycle into a reservoir, which also serves as a container for cleaning solution during a clean cycle. A high-pressured shooter tube allows the cleaning solution to be shot from the reservoir to a ceiling of the oven cavity without the need for extra tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Alto-Shaam, Inc.
    Inventors: Kim J. Menominee, Nikita Dobrinin, Jeremy Means, Thomas Rand, Andrew Szczepaniak, Eric Tranmal
  • Publication number: 20170119216
    Abstract: An oven tray rack for insertion into a food rack assembly is provided having upwardly and inwardly extending food holders and downwardly and inwardly extending grease deflectors for diverting grease to a center area of the tray rack and preventing gease from dripping onto food on lower tray racks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew Szczepaniak, Joseph M. Kulakowski, Andrew Paul Mayeshiba, Thomas Rand, Thomas C. Stollenwerk, Joshua Paul Wittig
  • Publication number: 20170122570
    Abstract: A grease removal system for an oven that collects excess grease during a cook cycle into a reservoir, which also serves as a container for cleaning solution during a clean cycle. A high-pressured shooter tube allows the cleaning solution to be shot from the reservoir to a ceiling of the oven cavity without the need for extra tubing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Kim J. Menominee, Nikita Dobrinin, Jeremy Means, Thomas Rand, Andrew Szczepaniak
  • Patent number: 9438747
    Abstract: A directory assistance service includes a database and an interface module. The database stores a set of audio advertisements, and the audio advertisements are priced based on a tiered pricing model. The interface module is in communication with the database and receives a directory assistance request from a caller, plays the caller one or more audio advertisements from the database, and charges an advertiser for playing the audio advertisements based on the tiered pricing model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Rand, Erik Trusler, Timothy Sheridan, Gary Alpert, Denise Archibald, Nelson Cain, Debra J. Wilke, Gary Hensley, Janie M. Braun, Denise Perry, Sidney A. Minnick, Jr., Jeffrey C. Reid
  • Publication number: 20150223499
    Abstract: There is provided a process for the prevention and/or reduction of acrylamide formation and/or acrylamide precursor formation in a foodstuff containing (i) a protein, a peptide or an amino acid and (ii) a reducing sugar, the process comprising contacting the foodstuff with an enzyme capable of oxidising a reducing group of the sugar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Jorn Borch Soe, Lars Wexoe Petersen, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Thomas Rand, Dana L. Boll
  • Publication number: 20150103988
    Abstract: A directory assistance service includes a database and an interface module. The database stores a set of audio advertisements, and the audio advertisements are priced based on a tiered pricing model. The interface module is in communication with the database and receives a directory assistance request from a caller, plays the caller one or more audio advertisements from the database, and charges an advertiser for playing the audio advertisements based on the tiered pricing model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas A. Rand, Erik Trusler, Timothy Sheridan, Gary Alpert, Denise Archibald, Nelson Cain, Debra J. Wilke, Gary Hensley, Janie M. Braun, Denise Perry, Sidney A. Minnick, JR., Jeffrey C. Reid
  • Patent number: 8956670
    Abstract: There is provided a process for the prevention and/or reduction of acrylamide formation and/or acrylamide precursor formation in a foodstuff containing (i) a protein, a peptide or an amino acid and (ii) a reducing sugar, the process comprising contacting the foodstuff with an enzyme capable of oxidizing a reducing group of the sugar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Dupont Nutrition Bioscience APS
    Inventors: Jørn Borch Søe, Lars Wexøe Petersen, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Thomas Rand, Dana L. Boll
  • Patent number: 8948357
    Abstract: A directory assistance service includes a database and an interface module. The database stores a set of audio advertisements, and the audio advertisements are priced based on a tiered pricing model. The interface module is in communication with the database and receives a directory assistance request from a caller, plays the caller one or more audio advertisements from the database, and charges an advertiser for playing the audio advertisements based on the tiered pricing model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Rand, Erik Trusler, Timothy Sheridan, Gary Alpert, Denise Archibald, Nelson Cain, Debra J. Wilke, Gary Hensley, Janie Mercado Braun, Denise Perry, Sidney A. Minnick, Jr., Jeffrey C. Reid
  • Publication number: 20150031109
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for producing a polyol oxidase in micoroorganisms, and the use of polyol oxidases in cleaning compositions. The invention includes cleaning compositions that contain combinations of two or more POx oxidases, and cleaning compositions that contain combinations of two or more POx oxidases and a perhydrolase. In particular, the invention provides methods for expressing polyol oxidases in bacterial hosts for use in detergent applications for cleaning, bleaching and disinfecting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: DANISCO US INC.
    Inventors: Manoj KUMAR, Susan M. MADRID, Hugh C. MCDONALD, Ayrookaran J. POULOSE, Thomas RAND, Huaming WANG
  • Patent number: 8822400
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for producing a polyol oxidase in micoroorganisms, and the use of polyol oxidases in cleaning compositions. The invention includes cleaning compositions that contain combinations of two or more POx oxidases, and cleaning compositions that contain combinations of two or more POx oxidases and a perhydrolase. In particular, the invention provides methods for expressing polyol oxidases in bacterial hosts for use in detergent applications for cleaning, bleaching and disinfecting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Danisco US Inc.
    Inventors: Manoj Kumar, Susan M. Madrid, Hugh C. McDonald, Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Thomas Rand, Huaming Wang
  • Patent number: 8383568
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for producing a polyol oxidase in micoroorganisms, and the use of polyol oxidases in cleaning compositions. The invention includes cleaning compositions that contain combinations of two or more POx oxidases, and cleaning compositions that contain combinations of two or more POx oxidases and a perhydrolase. In particular, the invention provides methods for expressing polyol oxidases in bacterial hosts for use in detergent applications for cleaning, bleaching and disinfecting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Danisco US Inc.
    Inventors: Manoj Kumar, Susan M. Madrid, Hugh C. McDonald, Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Thomas Rand, Huaming Wang
  • Publication number: 20120244252
    Abstract: There is provided a process for the prevention and/or reduction of acrylamide formation and/or acrylamide precursor formation in a foodstuff containing (i) a protein, a peptide or an amino acid and (ii) a reducing sugar, the process comprising contacting the foodstuff with an enzyme capable of oxidising a reducing group of the sugar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Jørn Borch Søe, Lars Wexøe Petersen, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Thomas Rand, Dana L. Boll
  • Patent number: 8163317
    Abstract: There is provided a process for the prevention and/or reduction of Maillard reaction in a foodstuff containing (i) a protein, a peptide or an amino acid and (ii) a reducing sugar, the process comprising contacting the foodstuff with an enzyme capable of oxidising a reducing group of the sugar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Danisco A/S
    Inventors: Jørn Borch Søe, Lars Wexøe Petersen, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Thomas Rand, Dana L. Boll
  • Patent number: 7975604
    Abstract: A dough proofing cabinet includes a chamber having one or more air ducts with a plurality of air duct openings distributed both vertically and horizontally thereon, and an outlet opening in an upper part of the chamber. Operation of a blower causes air flow from the chamber, through the outlet opening, past the heating element to the air duct or ducts and out through the air duct openings. In one example, the chamber includes air ducts extending downward on opposite side of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.
    Inventors: Walter J. Boryca, Jackson M. Miles, Jr., Thomas Rands
  • Publication number: 20110154581
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for producing a polyol oxidase in micoroorganisms, and the use of polyol oxidases in cleaning compositions. The invention includes cleaning compositions that contain combinations of two or more POx oxidases, and cleaning compositions that contain combinations of two or more POx oxidases and a perhydrolase. In particular, the invention provides methods for expressing polyol oxidases in bacterial hosts for use in detergent applications for cleaning, bleaching and disinfecting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Danisco US Inc.
    Inventors: Manoj Kumar, Susan M. Madrid, Hugh C. McDonald, Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Thomas Rand, Huaming Wang
  • Patent number: 7919295
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for producing a polyol oxidase in microorganisms, and the use of polyol oxidases in cleaning compositions. The invention includes cleaning compositions that contain combinations of two or more POx oxidases, and cleaning compositions that contain combinations of two or more POx oxidases and a perhydrolase. In particular, the invention provides methods for expressing polyol oxidases in bacterial hosts for use in detergent applications for cleaning, bleaching and disinfecting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Danisco US Inc.
    Inventors: Manoj Kumar, Susan M. Madrid, Hugh C. McDonald, Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Thomas Rand, Huaming Wang
  • Publication number: 20090142281
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a coupled enzyme system for the rapid and efficient production of hydrogen peroxide by the coupling of a first enzyme system capable of hydrogen peroxide generation, to a second enzyme system which utilizes the non hydrogen peroxide product of the first enzyme system, and optionally is capable of generating further hydrogen peroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Rand, Susan Mampusti Madrid
  • Publication number: 20080293611
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for producing a polyol oxidase in micoroorganisms, and the use of polyol oxidases in cleaning compositions. The invention includes cleaning compositions that contain combinations of two or more POx oxidases, and cleaning compositions that contain combinations of two or more POx oxidases and a perhydrolase. In particular, the invention provides methods for expressing polyol oxidases in bacterial hosts for use in detergent applications for cleaning, bleaching and disinfecting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Manoj Kumar, Susan M. Madrid, Hugh C. McDonald, Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Thomas Rand, Huaming Wang