Patents by Inventor Todd Wills

Todd Wills 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).

  • Treatment of meat with carbonate salt
    Patent number: 10617137
    Abstract: A method of providing a carbonate salt for treatment of meat, including providing a bicarbonate salt; heating the bicarbonate salt to convert the bicarbonate salt to a carbonate salt so that the bicarbonate salt is heated to a temperature of at least about 145° F. for a time until detectable production of CO2 has ceased; and applying the carbonate salt to meat prior to cooking of the meat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Joshua L. Manley, Lasika Shyamalie Senaratne-Lenagala, Todd Wills
  • PREPARATION OF CARBONATE SALT AND TREATMENT OF MEAT WITH SAME
    Publication number: 20180360080
    Abstract: A method of providing a carbonate salt for treatment of meat, comprising providing a bicarbonate salt; heating the bicarbonate salt to convert the bicarbonate salt to a carbonate salt so that the bicarbonate salt is heated to a temperature of at least about 145° F. for a time until detectable production of CO2 has ceased; and applying the carbonate salt to meat prior to cooking of the meat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Joshua L. MANLEY, Lasika Shyamalie SENARATNE-LENAGALA, Todd WILLS
  • MICROENCAPSULATING COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF MAKING, METHODS OF USING AND PRODUCTS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20090004233
    Abstract: Products comprising core materials, such as polyunsaturated fatty acids, encapsulated by an encapsulant formed from hydrolyzed protein having a degree of protein hydrolysis of between about 1% and about 15%, and from caramelization products, are disclosed. Methods of making the same and of making the encapsulant are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Brian J. Connolly, Todd Wills, Srinivasan Subramanian
  • Processed Meat Products and Methods of Making
    Publication number: 20080095897
    Abstract: Processed meat products and methods of making the same are disclosed. The methods include incorporating a powder-like substance comprising an oil comprising a long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid into a processed meat product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: MARTEK BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jesus Abril, Todd Wills