Patents Issued in April 11, 2017
  • Patent number: 9615562
    Abstract: Various implementations described herein are directed to a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, may cause the computer to receive data recorded by a wearable device during a fishing trip. The computer may receive location data that corresponds to the fishing trip. The computer may use the data recorded by the wearable device to determine a time period for a fishing activity during the fishing trip. The computer may use the location data to determine locations corresponding to the time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: NAVICO HOLDING AS
    Inventor: Paul Robert Bailey
  • Patent number: 9615563
    Abstract: A double ended fishing worm canister in a double ended canister for storing and using worms as bait for fishing. The canister has a cylindrical body having a top end and a bottom end, a first lid removably attached to the top end, and a second lid removably attached to the bottom end. The first lid includes a container therein having a pivoting cover attached thereto, the pivoting cover includes at least one side wall adapted to cut worms into separate pieces, such that the canister is adapted to store worms and dirt therein, be opened and closed from either end, and cut worms into separate pieces for use as bait for fishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventor: Sylvain Fontaine
  • Patent number: 9615564
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with an improved rod holder, particularly a gunwale rod holder, particularly for use in sports fishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventor: Michael John William Liney
  • Patent number: 9615565
    Abstract: A device, method and system for killing and disposing of parasites, such as ticks and fleas, wherein a dispenser (1) having a bowl-shaped reservoir (5) located on a dispensing cap (4) is filled with an alcohol based solution (3) that is stored in a bottle (2) and pumped through a supply tube (6) into the bowl-shaped reservoir. Parasites may be placed into the bowl-shaped reservoir and alcohol based solution to kill the parasites. The used alcohol based solution and bowl-shaped reservoir may then be cleaned and dispenser may be stored until needed again. The dispenser may be stored near an entry way through which the animal commonly enters a home after being outside so that the animal may be checked for parasites immediately upon entry into the home. The device, method and system may also be used by groomers, veterinarians and kennels when checking an animal for parasites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventor: Patricia L. Singleterry
  • Patent number: 9615566
    Abstract: An animal trap may include a source of compressed gas; a trigger mechanism configured to be actuated by an animal, and a kill mechanism powered by compressed gas. The trap may include two or more trigger valves connected in series. At least one trigger valve may include an opening, a valve seat surrounding the opening, a valve member having a sealing surface, and an O-ring arranged to seal between the sealing surface and the valve seat. One or more flow paths may allow gas to flow along at least part of an internal periphery of the O-ring. The trigger may include a trigger rod extending in a rest position from a mount at or near a first end thereof. The trigger rod may be mounted for pivoting movement about the mount, and may have two rotational degrees of freedom. Pivoting movement of the trigger rod in any direction away from the rest position may result in actuation of the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Goodnature Limited
    Inventors: Craig Richard Bond, Stuart William Barr, Robert Blair van Dam
  • Patent number: 9615567
    Abstract: A fowl management system is provided. The fowl management system includes a protected surface; a wire mesh at least partially suspended above the protected surface; wherein at least a portion of the wire mesh conducts an electrical current; a fence charger attached to the wire mesh; and a power source attached to the protected surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventor: Norman Lee Peters
  • Patent number: 9615568
    Abstract: An apparatus for carrying waterfowl decoys is provided having a hollow tubular member with an inner diameter. A line extends through the interior of the hollow tubular member. A first, smaller clip is affixed to one end of the line and a second, larger clip is affixed to the other end of the line. The first clip is sized so as to be able to be passed through the interior of the hollow tubular member, while the second clip is sized such that cannot be passed through the interior of the hollow tubular member. The hollow tubular is preferably flexible. The cables of the waterfowl decoys are drawn by the smaller clip into the interior of the hollow tubular member so as to allow for carrying of the waterfowl decoys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventor: Sean Harding
  • Patent number: 9615569
    Abstract: This application belongs to the field of methods of forming animal decoys for outdoor usage. The decoys include a main body, which is made of ethylene vinyl acetate material and is collapsible. The main body is made from two sheets of ethylene vinyl acetate material with edges which are attached to each other. At the bottom of the main body, there is a hole to allow air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: White Rock Decoys, LLC
    Inventor: Lirong Cheng
  • Patent number: 9615570
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of freezing cells comprising the steps of incubating said cells in a solution comprising a cryoprotective agent, concentrating the cells resulting from the previous step withdrawing the eluent essentially free of cells, and freezing the resulting concentrated cells. The cells frozen by the invention's method render a high post-thawing viability, reduce cryoprotectant related toxic events and promote cells life in a suspension state after thawing. The invention also comprises the container comprising the frozen cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Cellulis, S.L.
    Inventors: Roberto Hernan Izquierdo, Natalia Gallot Escobal, Antonio Cruz Pacheco
  • Patent number: 9615571
    Abstract: A basin system is provided comprising a basin, a tissue supporting plate, a platform ring and a suspension rod, the basin system configured to permit a single clinician to effectively and accurately perform the dissection with minimal movement of the resected tissue within the basin system, wherein the platform ring and the suspension rod each comprise a plurality of grooves, permitting a clinician to secure resected tissue within the basin system and tie it down in three dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventors: Leslie Charles Olson, Andrew Stephen Ouderkirk Malcolm
  • Patent number: 9615572
    Abstract: An article of manufacture includes a liquid tight container that holds a disinfecting solution. The disinfecting solution is dispensed from the container via an atomizing sprayer. The solution is usable to apply a film of the solution on surfaces. The film applied by the atomizing sprayer is operative to destroy bacterial and fungal organisms on the surfaces at the time of initial application and organisms that later come in contact with the film on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: PEN Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Yaniv, Dongsheng Mao, Jason Avent, Xueping Li, Mocherla K. K. Rao, Stephanie Castro, Anand Upadhyaya, Karl Rickert
  • Patent number: 9615573
    Abstract: A product and method for delivering antibacterial protections to a person's body to prevent the transmission of germs from contact surfaces wherein the contact surface is sanitized intermittently, on an as-needed-basis when touch is applied on the biodegradable organic hydrogel solid of said product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventor: Rose M. Moore
  • Patent number: 9615574
    Abstract: A biocidal composition comprising a synergistic ratio of 2,2-dibromomalonamide and hydroxymethyl-substituted phosphorus compound, and its use for the control of microorganisms in aqueous and water-containing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Bei Yin, Freddie L. Singleton
  • Patent number: 9615575
    Abstract: Composition for elimination of troublesome varmints comprises all the non-essential amino acids alanine, glycine, proline, serine, tyrosine, aspartic acid, asparagine, glutamic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Determinants of Metabolism Research Laboratory S.r.l.
    Inventor: Francesco Saverio Dioguardi
  • Patent number: 9615576
    Abstract: This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”): and processes associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: James E. Hunter, William C. Lo, Gerald B. Watson, Akshay Patny, Gary D. Gustafson, Dan Pernich, William K. Brewster, Debra L. Camper, Beth Lorsbach, Michael R. Loso, Thomas C. Sparks, Hemant Joshi, Adiraj Mandaleswaran, Ramadevi Sanam, Rambabu Gundla, Pravin S. Iyer
  • Patent number: 9615577
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), wherein: X is methyl or chlorine; R1 is methyl or chlorine; R2 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, cyclopropyl, vinyl, ethynyl, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C1-C3alkoxy, C1-C2-fluoroalkoxy, C1-C2alkoxy-C1-C3alkoxy- or C1fluoroalkoxy-C1-C3alkoxy-; and Y is O, S, S(O), S(O)2, N(C1-C2alkyl), N(C1-C2alkoxy), C(O), CR8R9 or —CR10R11CR12R13—; and G, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein; wherein the compound of formula (I) is optionally present as an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds are suitable for use as herbicides. The invention therefore also relates to a method of controlling weeds, especially grassy monocotyledonous weeds, in crops of useful plants, comprising applying a compound of formula (I), or a herbicidal composition comprising such a compound, to the plants or to the locus thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: William Roderick Mound, James Nicholas Scutt, Mark Slater, Nigel James Willetts
  • Patent number: 9615578
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel mixtures, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising these mixtures, and to the use thereof as biologically active compounds, especially for control of harmful microorganisms in crop protection and in the protection of materials and for enhancing plant health.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Heiko Rieck, Christophe Dubost
  • Patent number: 9615579
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for controlling apple powdery mildew comprising treating an apple tree with a silicone containing surfactant and 3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-[(3R)-1,1,3-trimethyl-2,3-dihydroinden-4-yl]pyrazole-4-carboxamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Valent U.S.A. Corporation
    Inventors: Allison Walston, John Andrew Pawlak, II
  • Patent number: 9615580
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by formula (1): wherein A1 represents N(O)p or CH; A2 represents N(O)q; R1 represents a trifluoromethyl group, a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom; R2 represents a C1-C3 perfluoroalkyl group, p represents 0 or 1; q represents 0 or 1; n represents 0, 1 or 2; and m represents 0, 1 or 2, having an excellent controlling effect on pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaki Takahashi, Takamasa Tanabe, Mai Ito, Atsushi Iwata, Yoshihiko Nokura
  • Patent number: 9615581
    Abstract: The present invention describes natamycin comprising needle shaped crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Ben Rudolf De Haan, Ferdinand Theodorus Jozef Van Rijn
  • Patent number: 9615582
    Abstract: Sprayable, pressurized, liquid, inanimate surface treatment compositions comprise: a zinc source material which releases zinc ions into the treatment composition, at least one alcohol which independently of other constituents present exhibits a microbicidal effect, at least one quaternary ammonium compound which provides a microbicidal benefit, propellant, water, optionally but very preferably at least one detersive surfactant, further optionally one or more further constituents which impart one or more advantageous technical or aesthetic benefits to the compositions, wherein the compositions are at a pH such that the surface treatment compositions exhibit a microbicidal or germicidal or antimicrobial effect on treated inanimate surfaces, characterized in exhibiting a microbicidal benefit when tested against one or more challenge microorganisms, preferably against poliovirus type 1 (Sabin) [(“PV1”)], according to one or more of the following standardized test protocols: ASTM E1052 Standard Test Method for Eff
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: RECKITT BENCKISER LLC
    Inventors: Frank Apollo, John Diemer, Mohammad Khalid Ijaz, Yun-Peng Zhu
  • Patent number: 9615583
    Abstract: Disclosed are inoculants that include Bacillus bacteria and induce production of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by a plant that has been treated with the inoculant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Joseph W. Kloepper, Henry Y. Fadamiro, Esther N. Ngumbi, Kate W. Nangle
  • Patent number: 9615584
    Abstract: Described herein are eco-friendly formulations and methods for providing such formulations to plants. The formulations include mixtures of microbial isolates. In particular, numerous bacterial and fungal strains were isolated from a variety of soil types, from rhizospheres and from root nodules of leguminous plants, in designed combinations, for providing plant growth and plant productivity enhancing formulations. These specifically designed polymicrobial formulations provide protection against plant pathogens, lower the need for nitrogen containing fertilizers, solubilize minerals, protect plants against pathogens, and make available to the plant valuable nutrients, such as phosphate, thus reducing and eliminating the need for using chemical fertilizers and chemical pesticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: C. Adinarayana Reddy, Lalithakumari Janarthanam
  • Patent number: 9615585
    Abstract: The present specification discloses natural repellent compounds, and isomeric forms, structural analogs and derivatives of the said compounds, having repellent activity against mosquitoes and other blood-sucking arthropods, compositions comprising such repellent compounds, methods of screening for such repellent compounds, methods of reducing mosquito bites on an individual and methods of reducing mosquito infestation to a location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: National Centre for Scientific Research-Demokritos
    Inventors: Kostas Iatrou, Patrick Guerin, Thomas Kröber, Maria Konstantopoulou
  • Patent number: 9615586
    Abstract: A food cutter has a cutting portion and a movable portion that is movable between a first position in which the movable portion is raised relative to the cutting portion and a second position in which the movable position is lowered relative to the cutting portion. The cutting portion comprises an upstanding wall with a blade formed on a distal end of the upstanding wall. The movable portion is arranged generally traverse to the upstanding wall. A biasing member extends continuously from the upstanding wall to the movable portion. The biasing member urges the movable portion to the first position when the movable portion is moved to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: LIFETIME BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Dorion, Zhe Shen, William A. Bucklew
  • Patent number: 9615587
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel use of a phospholipase A in the production of cake to improve at least one of the properties selected from the group consisting of: (i) batter viscosity, (ii) specific density, (iii) initial crumb softness, (iv) crumb pore homogeneity, (v) crumb pore diameter, (vi) crumb softness upon storage, (vii) shelf life and/or (viii) cake volume. The invention also relates to a novel use of phospholipase A in the production of cake to enable reduction of the amount of eggs and/or fat used in the recipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: José Mastenbroek, Jan Dirk Rene Hille, Arjen Sein, Arie Gerrit Terdu
  • Patent number: 9615588
    Abstract: A dehider includes an elongated handle having side-by-side circular disks, one of which is stationary and the other is rotary. A pinion gear is power-driven to rotate the rotary disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Kentmaster Mfg. Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Ralph K. Karubian
  • Patent number: 9615589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clipping machine and a method for producing sausage-shaped products, like sausages, by filing a flowable filling material into a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing and closing said packaging casing by a closure means, like a closure clip. The clipping machine comprises a filling tube for feeding the filling material into the tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing stored on the filling tube and being closed at its first end, gathering means for gathering the filled tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing and for forming a plait-like portion thereto, the gathering means includes a first displacer unit and a second displacer unit, and a clipping device having a first and a second closing tool being reversibly movable between an opened position and a closed position, for applying at least one closure means to the plait-like portion and closing said closure means when the closing tools are in their closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Poly-clip System GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Detlef Ebert, Gerd Freiberger, Wolfgang Nikoley
  • Patent number: 9615590
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method for preparing and offering to the marketplace a muscle cut from a carcass for use as a steak. In particular, the Subscapularis muscle may be utilized according to the instant invention as a high-end cut of meat. In an embodiment, a Subscapularis muscle will be processed into a steak via a prescribed series of cuts. The steak will, in some embodiments, be further processed by trimming fat and connective tissue as is taught herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: The Board Of Regents For Oklahoma State University
    Inventors: Antonio Mata, Jacob Lee Nelson
  • Patent number: 9615591
    Abstract: A meat stripper is disclosed for stripping meat from the bone of an animal part. The meat stripper includes a slide block and a first stripper plate assembly including an arm pivotally mounted to the slide block and having a first stripper plate at an opposite end. A second stripper plate assembly including an arm is pivotally mounted to the slide block and has a second stripper plate at an opposite end with the second stripper plate opposing the first stripper plate. The first and second stripper plates move away from each other to open the meat stripper when the arms are pivoted apart and move toward each other to surround the bone when the arms are pivoted together. A mechanism is disclosed for moving the stripper plates along the length of the bone to strip meat from the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Foodmate B.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Cornelis Stooker, Jacobus Eliza Hazenbroek
  • Patent number: 9615592
    Abstract: The invention provides a combination of a conveying device for slaughter animals and a removing device (15). The conveying device comprises a guide (2) extending along a transport path, product carriers (3) for the slaughter animals, which are movable in a direction of movement along the guide, each product carrier comprising at least one groove inclined according to a direction of inclination for holding at least one held part of a slaughter animal therein. The at least one groove has an open upper end and a lower end. The removing device comprises a pusher element, which is movable to and fro between a passive position and an active position for pushing the at least one held part out of the at least one groove. The removing device comprises a further pusher element which is movable to and fro between a further passive position and a further active position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Erik Hendrikus Werner Peters, Tim Sander Rijerse
  • Patent number: 9615593
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for thermally treating flowable materials using electromagnetic radiation, and foods and materials obtained thereby. Also provided are methods of continuous flow thermal treatment of biomaterials, apparatuses for performing the same, and products prepared using the methods and/or apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: North Carolina State University, Industrial Microwave Systems, L.L.C., The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Josip Simunovic, Kenneth R. Swartzel, Van-Den Truong, Gary Dean Cartwright, Kandiyan Puthalath Sandeep, David L. Parrott, Pablo Coronel
  • Patent number: 9615594
    Abstract: Provided are: a culture fluid composition for delaying the ripening of kimchi, which contains a mixed lactic acid bacterial culture fluid with which a culture fluid containing six types of lactic acid bacteria is mixed to be capable of specifically inhibiting the proliferation of lactic acid bacteria in fermented kimchi; vitamin B1; and lactic acid and a method for making kimchi using same for delaying the ripening of kimchi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: OURHOME Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Cha-Hak Koo, Seung Woo Lee, Seung Ho Jang, Dong Yun Lee
  • Patent number: 9615595
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing a soy beverage in a non-oxidizing process environment. Soybeans and water are mixed in a pulverizer to produce a slurry, which is then fed through a homogenizing mixer to produce a final beverage product with desired characteristics. The apparatus can be housed in a tamper-proof container with input and output connections for user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: MERA TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Wayne Kim Goranson
  • Patent number: 9615596
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a protein product may include a mixture of water and particulate matter comprising protein. The mixture may include medium chain aldehydes and pyrazines. The ratio of a total concentration of medium chain aldehydes in the mixture to a total concentration of pyrazines in the mixture, as determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, may be greater than or equal to 0.5 and less than or equal to 45. The mixture may also include from about 0.5 wt. % to about 8.0 wt. % total protein by weight of the mixture. In addition, the mixture may include from about 40 wt. % to about 98 wt. % water by weight of the mixture and less than or equal to about 4.0 wt. % oil and fat by weight of the mixture. The particulate matter may have an average particle size less than or equal to about 50 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
    Inventors: Lisa A. Dierbach, Julia L. Gregg-Albers, Ryan M. High, Jennifer L. Kimmel, Ray Laudano, Inmaculada Andujar Ortiz, Yan Wang
  • Patent number: 9615597
    Abstract: Systems for and methods of agitation in the production of beverage and food receptacles from frozen contents are provided. A method of producing a melted food or beverage liquid product from a receptacle containing frozen liquid contents includes receiving a receptacle in a chamber of a dispenser. The receptacle defines an enclosed inner volume containing a frozen liquid contents. The method also includes melting at least a portion of the frozen liquid contents to generate a melted food or beverage liquid product by applying motion to at least one of the receptacle and the frozen liquid contents, perforating the receptacle, and dispensing the melted food or beverage liquid product from the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Meltz, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew P. Roberts, Paul Kalenian, Douglas M. Hoon, Karl Winkler
  • Patent number: 9615598
    Abstract: This invention provides a novel method for producing maize flour including at least one treatment step in which a product comprising maize is treated under alkaline conditions, wherein an alkaline solution is sprayed onto the product. Furthermore, a facility for producing maize flour is disclosed, in particular in said method. Moreover, maize flour obtained by this method and foodstuffs containing this flour are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Bühler AG
    Inventors: Markus Nussbaumer, Noël Girardet, Walter Wäspi
  • Patent number: 9615599
    Abstract: Glucosyl stevia compositions are prepared from steviol glycosides of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. The glucosylation was performed by cyclodextrin glucanotransferase using the starch as source of glucose residues. The compositions were purified to >95% content of total steviol glycosides. The compositions can be used as sweetness enhancers, flavor enhancers and sweeteners in foods, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: PureCircle Sdn Bhd
    Inventor: Avetik Markosyan
  • Patent number: 9615600
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a dietetic or pharmaceutical composition, comprising the following steps: a) a preparation containing rutin, in particular ground tatary buckwheat, is mixed with a protein solution in a weight ratio protein solution/buckwheat from 1 to 100 (or vice versa), wherein before the addition of buckwheat, the protein solution has been heated above room temperature, b) the mixture from step a) is held for a period of at least 10 to 1,000 s at a temperature >50° C., and c) subsequently to step b), the mixture is cooled down to a temperature below 45° C. The invention further relates to thus obtainable preparations and to the uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: THANARES GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Michael Thiede, Wolfgang Kehr
  • Patent number: 9615601
    Abstract: A process for the application of a predetermined amount of oil to food pieces comprises: (a) providing or receiving a plurality of cut or shaped food pieces; (b) applying an oil-water emulsion to the food pieces for a time sufficient to provide a predetermined amount of oil to the food pieces and so that the food pieces have an initial moisture level after applying the oil-water emulsion; and (c) reducing the initial moisture level, in the absence of frying in oil, to a moisture level of from about 0.2 to about 80% by weight to provide a cooked food product, comprising said predetermined amount of oil, wherein step (c) does not comprises frying the food pieces in hot oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: JimmyAsh LLC
    Inventors: Jamshid Ashourian, Steven Phelps
  • Patent number: 9615602
    Abstract: Provided is a juice extractor, a juice extractor body and flexible blade therefo that can provide enjoyment to people when extracting juice from fruit or the like and when drinking fruit juice obtained by juice extraction; and that has the structures which are simple and can be put into practical use. The juice extractor includes: rotating shaft 21; flexible blade 23 arranged around rotating shaft 21 with a longitudinal direction thereof being coincident with an axial direction of rotating shaft 21; and blade guide 25 provided at an intermediate position of the longitudinal direction of flexible blade 23. One end 23a in the longitudinal direction of flexible blade 23 is configured to be slidable in the axial direction of rotating shaft 21, and the other end 23b in the longitudinal direction of the flexible blade is coupled to axis member, which extends from blade guide 25 to the other end 23b side of flexible blade 23, or to rotating shaft 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: YAMATO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9615603
    Abstract: The current invention provides an automatic gear-shift drive mechanism including a first gear system having a first gear ratio, and a second gear system having a second gear ratio, wherein the first gear ratio is higher than the second gear ratio, and is biased to spin the drying assembly with the first gear system when the automatic gear-shift drive mechanism is driven and the workload is below a threshold workload, and switch to spin the drying assembly with the first and the second gear systems when the automatic gear-shift drive mechanism is driven and the workload is at or above the threshold workload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Golden Choice Products Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung Ming Chan, Kwan Kit Chan
  • Patent number: 9615604
    Abstract: A food waste dehydrator that can efficiently collect food scraps and food waste and create an output that can be used as livestock feed, livestock feed supplement, or can be further processed into compost or soil amendment. In some embodiments, the food waste dehydrator is mobile and modular. In some embodiments, the food waste dehydrator includes a self-contained heating and energy source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventors: David Russick, John Adams, William Northrup, Todd Martens
  • Patent number: 9615605
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette comprises an atomizer and a battery rod. A connecting means for connecting the atomizer to the battery rod is formed at a junction between the atomizer and the battery rod. The connecting means comprises a first connecting means and a second connecting means. An engaging part is provided around the edge of a local outer surface of the first connecting means, and a cross section of the engaging part is polygon-shaped. The second connecting means is provided with an access groove, and a stopping part is defined on an end of the access groove. One end of the first connecting means is inserted into the access groove of the second connecting means, and then the end of the first connecting means is rotated so that the engaging part is engaged with the stopping part while assembling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9615606
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette charging device configured for charging a battery pole of an electronic cigarette is provided; an external electrode and an internal electrode configured for electrically connecting with the electronic cigarette charging device are mounted on an end of the battery pole; the electronic cigarette charging device includes a pillared first charging electrode corresponding to the internal electrode, and the first charging electrode abuts against the internal electrode when the electronic cigarette is charged using the electronic cigarette charging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9615607
    Abstract: The present application discloses an electronic cigarette, which comprises a battery rod, an atomizer, and a connection structure; the connection structure includes a first connecting piece and a second connecting piece; a buckle is deposited on an exterior sidewall of the first connecting piece; a receiving hollow, a guiding slot and a stop slot are defined in the second connecting piece; the second connecting piece includes a lower electrode which elastically abuts against the first connecting piece; when assembling the electronic cigarette, inserting the first connecting piece into the receiving hollow and moving downward along the guiding slot; having the first connecting piece press down the lower electrode, which makes the buckle reaches the stop slot, then rotating the first connecting piece so that the buckle enters into the stop slot and is locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9615608
    Abstract: A pocket square includes a main body and a first decorative panel that has a first appearance and is movable between an extended position in which at least a substantial portion of the first decorative panel is displayed by protruding above the main body and a retracted position in which at least a substantial portion of the first decorative panel is concealed within the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventor: Martin Adebayo Adeniji
  • Patent number: 9615609
    Abstract: A nursing bra includes a front portion including a first cup and a second cup; a back portion, wherein the front and back portions are connected at the sides of the bra. The nursing bra further includes a first shoulder strap extending from the back portion to the first cup and a second shoulder strap extending from the back portion to the second cup, wherein the straps are permanently connected to the front portion through connection parts and the straps are releaseably connected to the cups through cup release elements. The front portion includes a first flexible tube and a second flexible tube each including filler in the form of a liquid or a semi-liquid, wherein the first tube extends along at least part of the underside edge of the first cup and the second tube extends along at least part of the underside edge of the second cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: CARRIWELL APS
    Inventor: Dean Grobler
  • Patent number: 9615610
    Abstract: A convertible garment for outdoor usage is disclosed. The garment basically comprises a quilted jacket-like upper member having a hood and a quilted zip-off skirt member. The skirt member is releasably secured to the jacket member by a zipper and when secured to the jacket upper member allows the wearer to remain warm by keeping his/her legs therein. The jacket member includes at least one air vent, as does the skirt member. The skirt member is arranged to be disconnected from the jacket member and opened and flattened to form a blanket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventor: Hope Biller
  • Patent number: 9615611
    Abstract: Disclosed herein, in one embodiment, is a breathable cushioning pad. The cushioning pad includes an upper layer surface, a lower layer with a lower surface, and a cushioning material disposed between the upper layer and the lo cushioning pad has a thickness. A channel can be disposed in the cushioning pad and defines a cushioning region The channel includes a thickness less than the thickness of the cushioning region. At least one vent extends through connection with the upper surface and the lower surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: G-Form, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel M. Wyner, Thomas Cafaro, Richard L. Garrard, Stephanie Thorn, Maria E. Macrina