Patents by Inventor Wim Hogervorst

Wim Hogervorst 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).

  • Microemulsions
    Patent number: 6716473
    Abstract: An edible water-in-oil microemulsion that is transparent or translucent in appearance and comprises oil, a surfactant, a cosurfactant or cosolvent and a water phase comprising water and optional water-soluble components; the oil comprises from 25 to 97 wt % diglycerides relative to the total weight of glycerides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Bestfoods North America, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Bodnar, Eckhard Fl{overscore (o)}ter, Wim Hogervorst, Cornelis Willem Van Oosten
  • Stable dispersion of particles in edible oil
    Publication number: 20030113427
    Abstract: Pourable food product consisting of a lipid matrix containing stably dispersed particles having a size of at least one micron and a density which is 0-25% higher or lower than the density of the lipid, which lipid comprises 95-99.9 wt. % of a liquid lipid, at least 0.1 wt. % but less than 1 wt. % of a crystallized lipid and 0-4.9 wt. % of non-lipid material, percentages calculated on the matrix weight, where the matrix is characterized by a translucency of at least 55%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Bestfoods North America, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Eckhard Floter, Wim Hogervorst, Jan Eric Iburg
  • Microemulsions
    Publication number: 20020098275
    Abstract: An edible water-in-oil microemulsion that is transparent or translucent in appearance and comprises oil, a surfactant, a cosurfactant or cosolvent and a water phase comprising water and optional water-soluble components; the oil comprises from 25 to 97 wt % diglycerides relative to the total weight of glycerides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Bestfoods North America, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Bodnar, Eckhard Floter, Wim Hogervorst, Cornelis Willem Van Oosten
  • Fractionation of triglyceride fats
    Patent number: 6162934
    Abstract: Dry fractionation process where a fat soluble derivative of a high molecular weight polymer, preferably an ester of a polysaccharide is used as crystal habit modifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Petrus Henricus van Dam, Johan Jan Eshuis, Wim Hogervorst, Sylvia Noomen
  • Fractionation of triglyceride oils
    Patent number: 5959129
    Abstract: Fractionation of lauric oils which contain a crystallization modifying substance consisting of a sucrose ester containing at least 40 wt. % laurate. With palmkernel oil fractionation a separation efficiency of more than 70% can be attained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Unilever Patent Holdings B.V.
    Inventors: Petrus Henricus J van Dam, Wim Hogervorst, Frans Kamp