Patents by Inventor Virgil W. Smail

Virgil W. Smail 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).

  • Publication number: 20020137216
    Abstract: A novel method of analyzing wheat-based dough and batter products is provided. The preferred method includes mixing doughs or batters having different ingredients or levels thereof, performing a series of near-infrared analyses on such doughs and batters and comparing the analyses to indicate the effect of the added ingredient or levels thereof. The spectral data collected from the analyses are converted to Kubelka-Munk units and the second derivatives are determined and the resulting time plot curve is smoothed and cumulated resulting in a development plot which is easy to read and interpret, thereby aiding in determining the effect of each tested ingredient and levels thereof The present invention also provides a method for determining ingredient effects at specific wavelengths for specific ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Richard Y. Chen, James J. Psotka, Maureen C. Olewnik, Virgil W. Smail, Bradford W. Seabourn, Okkyung Kim Chung