Patents by Inventor Tom Tongue

Tom Tongue 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).

  • Structured particulate systems
    Patent number: 6773733
    Abstract: Structured particulate systems of active solid organic components in a matrix in a weight ratio of 99:1 to 1:99 and a mean weight diameter of 25 to 500 microns wherein the active organic component is selected from the group consisting of oleanoic acid, ursolic acid, folic acid, policosanol, phytosterols, or derivatives or salts thereof are novel and can be used to improve the oral properties and/or the homogeneity of the organic, solid, active component in a food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Loders Croklaan USA LLC
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Gerald Patrick McNeill, Tom Tongue
  • Method for improving the performance of a food product
    Patent number: 6673383
    Abstract: A method for improving the chalky-off taste and/or the homogeneity of a solid, active component in a food product by incorporating in the food product an effective amount, preferably 1 to 70 wt % on food product, of a structured particulate system comprising one or more active components in a matrix in a weight ratio of 1:99 to 99:1 and wherein the mean weight diameter of the particles of the structured particulate system ranges from 25 to 500 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Patent Holdings BV
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Gerald Patrick McNeill, Tom Tongue