Patents by Inventor William Alexander Mitchell

William Alexander Mitchell 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).

  • Fixing acetaldehyde in sucrose
    Patent number: 4031255
    Abstract: An improved method for fixing volatile flavoring compounds such as acetaldehyde is disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining a glassy, aqueous, supersaturated sucrose solution; mixing therewith a volatile flavoring compound sufficiently to at least partially dissolve the volatile flavoring compound in the solution and initiate crystallization of the sucrose; contacting the resulting mixture with a stream of a drying gas during the mixing operation to at least partially dry the mixture as crystallization proceeds; and recovering as a product crystalline sucrose having the volatile flavoring compound fixed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Donato Malizia, William Alexander Mitchell
  • Dry acidulents
    Patent number: 4022924
    Abstract: Dry, free flowing acid compositions may be prepared from liquid acid by co-drying a mixture of the liquid acid with a soluble carbohydrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1977
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: William Alexander Mitchell, William Charles Seidel
  • Non-aerated pudding compositions
    Patent number: 3931423
    Abstract: Low molecular weight, aliphatic acid esters of polyhydric alcohols when incorporated into instant pudding formulations containing modified starches results in the formation of smooth creamy non-aerated pudding dessert compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1976
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: William Alexander Mitchell, George Emil Orozovich, William Charles Seidel