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).
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Patent number: 10508419Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Inventor: Thomas Rand
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Patent number: 9974414Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Alto-Shaam, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Szczepaniak, Joseph M. Kulakowski, Andrew Paul Mayeshiba, Thomas Rand, Thomas C. Stollenwerk, Joshua Paul Wittig
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Patent number: 9895721Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Alto-Shaam, Inc.Inventors: Kim J. Menominee, Nikita Dobrinin, Jeremy Means, Thomas Rand, Andrew Szczepaniak, Eric Tranmal
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Publication number: 20170119216Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Andrew Szczepaniak, Joseph M. Kulakowski, Andrew Paul Mayeshiba, Thomas Rand, Thomas C. Stollenwerk, Joshua Paul Wittig
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Publication number: 20170122570Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Kim J. Menominee, Nikita Dobrinin, Jeremy Means, Thomas Rand, Andrew Szczepaniak
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Patent number: 9438747Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20150223499Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Jorn Borch Soe, Lars Wexoe Petersen, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Thomas Rand, Dana L. Boll
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Publication number: 20150103988Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 8956670Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Dupont Nutrition Bioscience APSInventors: Jørn Borch Søe, Lars Wexøe Petersen, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Thomas Rand, Dana L. Boll
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Patent number: 8948357Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 25, 2007Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20150031109Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: DANISCO US INC.Inventors: Manoj KUMAR, Susan M. MADRID, Hugh C. MCDONALD, Ayrookaran J. POULOSE, Thomas RAND, Huaming WANG
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Patent number: 8822400Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Danisco US Inc.Inventors: Manoj Kumar, Susan M. Madrid, Hugh C. McDonald, Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Thomas Rand, Huaming Wang
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Patent number: 8383568Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Danisco US Inc.Inventors: Manoj Kumar, Susan M. Madrid, Hugh C. McDonald, Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Thomas Rand, Huaming Wang
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Publication number: 20120244252Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Inventors: Jørn Borch Søe, Lars Wexøe Petersen, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Thomas Rand, Dana L. Boll
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Patent number: 8163317Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 1, 2005Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Danisco A/SInventors: Jørn Borch Søe, Lars Wexøe Petersen, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Thomas Rand, Dana L. Boll
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Patent number: 7975604Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 14, 2004Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.Inventors: Walter J. Boryca, Jackson M. Miles, Jr., Thomas Rands
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Publication number: 20110154581Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2011Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: Danisco US Inc.Inventors: Manoj Kumar, Susan M. Madrid, Hugh C. McDonald, Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Thomas Rand, Huaming Wang
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Patent number: 7919295Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 19, 2007Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Danisco US Inc.Inventors: Manoj Kumar, Susan M. Madrid, Hugh C. McDonald, Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Thomas Rand, Huaming Wang
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Publication number: 20090142281Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: Thomas Rand, Susan Mampusti Madrid
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Publication number: 20080293611Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2007Publication date: November 27, 2008Inventors: Manoj Kumar, Susan M. Madrid, Hugh C. McDonald, Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Thomas Rand, Huaming Wang