Patents by Inventor Thomas Wajda

Thomas Wajda 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).

  • Pumpable oleaginous compositions
    Patent number: 5436021
    Abstract: Fat products provided in liquid pumpable form such as shortening, margarine and other bread spreads, while still maintaining relatively high solid fat content (N20=12-22). The products are made by cooling the fat composition to the alpha crystallization temperature and seeding it with matured crystals of the same fat composition. Subsequently, the product is matured, by stirring for a period of time which may be 20 hours or so. The product of the invention can stay pumpable without further stirring for extended periods of time, such as five weeks, or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Van den Bergh Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Janos Bodor, Girish N. Desai, Thomas Wajda