Patents by Inventor Ya Cai

Ya Cai 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).

  • Aerated food product with surface-active inorganic fibers
    Patent number: 8309154
    Abstract: There is provided a surface-active material that comprises fibers which have been modified so as to impart surface-active properties onto said fibres and giving it a contact angle between 60° and 120°, wherein the fibres have an aspect ratio of more than 10 to 1,000. The surface-active material can be used for foam and emulsion formation and stabilization, coatings, encapsulation and drug delivery. It can for example be used in the following industries: foods, home and personal care, oilfield, agriculture, textile, construction, emulsion polymerization, leather, plastic, pulp, paper and pharma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ya Cai, Jian Cao, Matthew Duncan Golding, Weichang Liu, Vesselin Nikolaev Paunov, Edward George Pelan, Simeon Dobrev Stoyanov, Weizheng Zhou
  • Surface-Active Material and Its Application
    Publication number: 20090306223
    Abstract: There is provided a surface-active material that comprises fibres which have been modified so as to impart surface-active properties onto said fibres and giving it a contact angle between 60° and 120°, wherein the fibres have an aspect ratio of more than 10 to 1,000. The surface-active material can be used for foam and emulsion formation and stabilisation, coatings, encapsulation and drug delivery. It can for example be used in the following industries: foods, home and personal care, oilfield, agriculture, textile, construction, emulsion polymerisation, leather, plastic, pulp, paper and pharma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Ya Cai, Jian Cao, Matthew Duncan Golding, Weichang Liu, Vesselin Nikolaev Paunov, Edward George Pelan, Simeon Dobrev Stoyanov, Weizheng Zhou