Patents by Inventor Wallace H. Kunerth

Wallace H. Kunerth 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).

  • High amylose dog chew formulation
    Patent number: 7722911
    Abstract: The invention provide methods and materials for producing nutritious pet chews comprising an edible thermoplastic comprising from 45 to 80 wt. % starch selected from one or more potato and non-potato starches wherein said starch comprises at least 28% amylose as determined by size exclusion chromatography if less than 50% of said starch is potato starch or at least 20% amylose as determined by size exclusion chromatography if greater than or equal to 50% of said starch is potato starch; from 5 to 25 wt. % plasticizer; 2% to 15 wt % of a humectant and from 5 to 25 wt. % water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Penford Food Corporation
    Inventors: Ellis Liu, Ted Lengwin, Wallace H. Kunerth, Jeffrey Smith, James M. Quarles
  • Food and feed compositions including resistant starch
    Patent number: 7252836
    Abstract: The invention described in this application relates to a method of increasing the amount of weight gained by the mammal during a feeding period, to a method of increasing the amount of milk replacer consumed by the mammal during a feeding period, to a method of decreasing the amount of scour of the ruminant during a feeding period, to a method of decreasing the amount of respiratory distress of the mammal during a feeding period, to a method of feeding the ruminant, to a mammal ration, to a daily mammal ration, to a method of feeding mammals an animal feed that contains resistant starch, and to a method of increasing the feed efficiency of a mammal during a feeding period that entails feeding the mammal an effective amount of a fluid animal feed during the feeding period and feeding the mammal an effective amount of resistant starch during the feeding period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignees: Penwest, Ltd., Land O′Lakes Farmland Feed LLC.
    Inventors: Ian Lewis Brown, Bill L. Miller, Wallace H. Kunerth
  • Food and feed compositions including resistant starch
    Publication number: 20040137038
    Abstract: The invention described in this application relates to a method of increasing the amount of weight gained by the mammal during a feeding period, to a method of increasing the amount of milk replacer consumed by the mammal during a feeding period, to a method of decreasing the amount of scour of the ruminant during a feeding period, to a method of decreasing the amount of respiratory distress of the mammal during a feeding period, to a method of feeding the ruminant, to a mammal ration, to a daily mammal ration, to a method of feeding mammals an animal feed that contains resistant starch, and to a method of increasing the feed efficiency of a mammal during a feeding period that entails feeding the mammal an effective amount of a fluid animal feed during the feeding period and feeding the mammal an effective amount of resistant starch during the feeding period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Ian Lewis Brown, Bill L. Miller, Wallace H. Kunerth
  • French fry formulations containing rice flour
    Publication number: 20040037935
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous starch enrobing slurry for coating the outer surface of a potato product having an as is solids content comprising ungelatinized starch and not less than 50% by weight rice flour and the coated potato products produced thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicant: PENFORD FOOD INGREDIENTS CO.
    Inventors: Saul Rogols, John Harold Woerman, Wallace H. Kunerth
  • Hydrocolloid films for meat and poultry products
    Publication number: 20030044486
    Abstract: Electrostatic coating compositions are provided comprising a solids content of from 25% to 75% by weight gelatin and from 75% to 25% by weight oxidized starch; or comprising a solids content of from 25% to 75% by weight alginate and from 25% to 75% by weight starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Michael F. Wargocki, Yangsheng Wu, Wallace H. Kunerth
  • FRENCH FRY FORMULATIONS CONTAINING RICE FLOUR
    Publication number: 20010004463
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous starch enrobing slurry for coating the outer surface of a potato product having an as is solids content comprising ungelatinized starch and not less than 50% by weight rice flour and the coated potato products produced thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 1999
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Applicant: SAUL ROGOLS
    Inventors: SAUL ROGOLS, JOHN HAROLD WOERMAN, WALLACE H. KUNERTH
  • Process for preparing a starch coated potato product and product thereof
    Patent number: 6022569
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous starch enrobing slurry for coating the outer surface of a potato product having an as is solids content comprising ungelatinized starch and not less than 50% by weight rice flour, the method of preparing the potato product and the coated potato product produced thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Penford Corporation
    Inventors: Saul Rogols, John Harold Woerman, Wallace H. Kunerth