Patents by Inventor Yen-Ping C. Hsieh

Yen-Ping C. Hsieh 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).

  • Process of making multi-textured snack chips
    Patent number: 5110613
    Abstract: Multi-textured snack chips are made by first forming moist starch agglomerates, and then mixing the agglomerates with a dry starch material to make an agglomerate/starch composite containing agglomerates of moist starch and discrete regions of dry starch material. The agglomerate/starch composite is formed into chips and then baked and/or fried. The resulting snack chips have an initial crispness and a continued crunchiness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert A. Brown, Yen-Ping C. Hsieh, James L. Court