Patents Issued in December 26, 2017
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Patent number: 9848590Abstract: A clamp is provided which is adapted for use in fishing and other outdoor activities. The clamp includes a plurality of elongate segments and a grasper, which further features a plurality of tines. In operation, the clamp is operated by the user so as to grasp and hold live bait for baiting a hook. The clamp is typically operated by the user applying pressure against a tension, so as to actuate the grasper between open and closed positions.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: JB III & Things, LLCInventor: Robert A. Pangrcic
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Patent number: 9848591Abstract: The invention is directed at to a pest entrapment device for attracting and trapping flying pests around the head of a person. The apparatus includes an attachable device having at least one member, which member contains at least one cavity to hold a pest attractant. The attachable device is affixed to a head covering on the underside of a bill, brim, visor or the like. The pest attractant can be of a combination of grease, carbon dioxide, sweetener, and a sticky, viscid matter. The pest attractant also acts as a trapping substance to capture the flying insects. The pest entrapment device can be removed for cleaning and reapplication of the pest attractant.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Inventor: Kenneth Christopher Noble
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Patent number: 9848592Abstract: An improved agricultural spray boom having a primary section, a secondary section and a break away section is provided. The primary section has a top extrusion having a web and two tubes, each tube having a heat sink and a wing. No welds are located above the centerline of the tubes where stress would be the greatest. The secondary section is pivotally attached to the primary section. Weight of the second section and break away section cause a twisting force to be applied to the primary section. The primary section has specially oriented side braces which act in compression to resist the twisting force. The primary section further has a steel connector connected to the underside of the extrusions (and not welded to top of extrusions). The secondary section also has a top extrusion with a web and two tubes.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2013Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Specialty Enterprises, LLCInventors: Michael D. Peters, Peter J. Heinen, Roy Venton-Walters, Gregory Jackson Klemp, Jr.
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Patent number: 9848593Abstract: A method for the extermination of burrowing vermin is disclosed. The method employs a smoke generating fluid formed of castor oil or castor oil in a mix with secondary components. The fluid is heated to a smoking temperature and the smoke is mixed with a pressurized airflow to communicate the smoke to the tunnels occupied by the burrowing vermin to remove them, and to leave a residue from the smoke which exudes an order deterring the re-occupancy of the tunnels.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Inventor: Joseph Asciutto
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Patent number: 9848594Abstract: The animal trap stabilizer is adapted for use in bedding coil spring or long spring traps. The animal trap stabilizer is a structure formed in the shape of a rectangular shell that provides a non-compressible surface upon which the coil spring or long spring trap can be set. The animal trap stabilizer has formed in the surface a recessed structure that is shaped to allow the coil spring or long spring trap to be placed within the animal trap stabilizer such that the coil spring or long spring trap will be flush to the surface of the animal trap stabilizers. The animal trap stabilizer further comprises a mounting platform and a recessed structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Inventor: Randall Lawrence
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Patent number: 9848595Abstract: An insect net with emergency deployment structured to be retrofit onto the roof of the cab of the typical construction or agricultural equipment vehicle. The system includes a cylindrical insect net that may be compressed into a closed deployment box positioned on the underside of the vehicle cab roof. A deployment cord is positioned adjacent the operator where it may be readily accessed and pulled to open the doors of the deployment box to allow the cylindrical net to drop (under the influence of a ring of small weights) to surround the operator within the cab. The system is structured to be re-used by replacing the cylindrical net back into the deployment box and refitting the deployment cord with pull pin to hold the deployable components within the box for subsequent use.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Inventor: Ernesto Vasquez Del Toro
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Patent number: 9848596Abstract: A scent-free game call configured to emulate a sound of a predetermined species of animal, the call comprising a mouthpiece section, with a digitally reproduced image displayed thereon, in a manner such that the digitally reproduced image specifically relates to said predetermined species.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Double B Custom Calls, LLCInventors: Christopher R. Betts, Zachary Martin Hornberg
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Patent number: 9848597Abstract: A deer hunting decoy has a central post within a flexible cover having front and rear faces with coloration simulating the hind quarters of a deer, with each including a lighter colored central portion surrounded by a darker colored border. The lighter colored central portions are covered by tail flaps. The tail flaps are joined for rotational movement to an axle that extends across the central post and through holes in the flexible cover. A pull cord is directly or indirectly joined to the axle. Tugging the pull cord causes rotation of the axle and movement of the tail flaps to simulate tail movement of a deer. The central post is staked to a ground. Different decoy deer heads are interchangeably attachable. A buck head silhouette terminates in a tube connector that releasable fits within a proximal end of the central post. A grazing doe silhouette has a hook portion at one end and a doe head at the opposite end.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Inventor: Paula McWhorter
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Patent number: 9848598Abstract: This invention provides compositions and methods for cryoprotection of recombinant live cancer cells. Specifically, an improved cryoprotective medium is provided which includes a hydroxyethyl starch and/or derivative thereof alone or in combination with either DMSO or glycerol.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: ADURO GVAX INC.Inventors: David Frey, Andy Lin, Gautum Banik
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Patent number: 9848599Abstract: The present invention relates to biocidal agents designed to protect industrial products against microbial, bacterial, fungal and algal infections. In particular, the present invention relates to co-crystals containing 3-iodopropynyl butylcarbamate (IPBC) and to compositions containing said co-crystals which possess improved physical, chemical and workability properties compared with the use of IPBC.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2013Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: POLITECNICO DI MILANOInventors: Giuseppe Resnati, Pierangelo Metrangolo, Giancarlo Terraneo, Michele Baldrighi
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Patent number: 9848600Abstract: In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for disrupting biofilms. In some embodiments, the compounds and compositions comprise unsaturated long chain alcohols and/or aldehydes, or combinations of such compounds. In further embodiments, the present invention contains therapeutic actives to help reduce and/or eradicate the bacteria in the biofilm once the film is disrupted.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.Inventors: Carolyn J. Mordas, Robert J. Gambogi
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Patent number: 9848601Abstract: To provide a pesticidal composition having a stable and high pesticidal effect. The pesticidal composition comprises a pyridine compound represented by the formula (I): (wherein R1 is CH2CN or and each of R2 and R3 which are independent of each other, is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, C1-6 alkyl or C1-6 alkoxy) or its salt and at least one potency-enhancing component selected from the group consisting of a nonionic surface active agent, an anionic surface active agent, a cationic surface active agent, an amphoteric surface active agent, an animal or plant oil, a mineral oil, a water-soluble polymer, a resin and a wax.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2009Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Morita, Takao Awazu, Akira Nakagawa, Mitsugu Iwasa
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Patent number: 9848602Abstract: The present invention relates to the novel use of Prothioconazole for inducing host defence responses in a plant. In particular, the present invention relates the use of Prothioconazole for inducing systemic acquired resistance (SAR) in a plant.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Klaus Tietjen, Anne Suty-Heinze, Andreas Goertz, Martin Kaussmann, Sascha Gille, Thomas Knobloch
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Patent number: 9848603Abstract: A system for reducing the incidence or severity of fungal infection of a plant, comprising a chemical fungicide component, which may be provided by foliar or root (soil or liquid nutrient) application, together with an antifungal plant defensin not in nature expressed in the plant being protected or expressed in lower amounts or in different tissues, provides synergistic improvement in protection against infection by a plant pathogenic fungus which is susceptible to the defensin and the fungicide. The fungicide can be a strobilurin or a triazole, and the defensin can be selected from a wide range of known defensins, for example, NaD1 and others, or it can be a chimeric defensin engineered for low toxicity to the plant. The defensin can be provided as a protein formulation, optionally together with the fungicide, or it can be provided by recombinant expression in the plant to be protected from fungal infection.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Hexima LimitedInventors: Marilyn Anderson, Robyn Heath, James McKenna, Nicole Van Der Weerden
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Patent number: 9848604Abstract: A method for detaching, removing or otherwise disrupting bacteria or biofilm by applying with pressure an antimicrobial wash. The antimicrobial wash contains a biguanide compound or mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC.Inventors: Jie Wen, Dana A. Oliver
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Patent number: 9848605Abstract: A termite bait includes a plurality of cellulosic food material pieces palatable to termites embedded within a water resistant polyurethane foam matrix. Another termite bait includes a plurality of cellulosic food material pieces embedded within a water-absorbent polyurethane foam matrix. Yet another termite bait includes at least one cellulosic food material piece encapsulated within a water resistant polyurethane foam coating. Such termite baits can be used alone or in a monitoring device or other termite control device. Another termite control device includes a container, a cellulosic food material within the container and a water resistant polyurethane foam positioned to separate the food material from its environment. The container can contain a termite bait as described above or can include a chamber containing a cellulosic food material and at least one pocket containing a polyurethane foam barrier to reduce intrusion of water through the pocket to the food material.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Joseph Edward Eger, Jr., Donald E. Williams, III, Sol M. Mirasol, Mike P. Tolley, Joseph J. DeMark, Matthew T. Messenger, Phillip J. Howard
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Patent number: 9848606Abstract: Synergistic composition able to rapidly and efficiently terminate Rhynchophorus ferrugineus infestation, in palms or other species suffering from this parasite. The composition comprises one or more among permethrin, cypermethrin, lambda-cyhalothrin; one or more among chlorpyrifos methyl, and chlorpyrifos ethyl; furthermore, benzisothiazolin-3-one, piperonyl butoxide, imidacloprid. The parasite dies shortly after contact with the product, infestation is terminated, and the palm remains protected against new attacks for a long time; the product is not toxic to the palm, on the contrary the plant recovers a level of health even higher than the initial one.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: ROMANO NATUR GMBHInventor: Giuseppe Romano
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Patent number: 9848607Abstract: A cooking mechanism and method of making a flat bread that does not require any flipping of the dough product and that which achieves an irregular temperature profile during the cooking process is described.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Zimplistic Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Pranoti Nagarkar Israni, Rishi Israni, Jui Ajit Chitale, Ali Syed Muhammad Baber
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Patent number: 9848608Abstract: A method to make a single dough ball using adaptive kneading technology is explained. An adaptive kneading technology which resides in a processor is used to form an optimal viscoelastic dough ball. The flour and liquid are mixed, the initial dough is contacted, the reading for resistance is recorded, if need be corrected and finally a dough ball is dispensed to make a flat bread.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: ZIMPLISTIC PVT. LTD.Inventors: Pranoti Nagarkar Israni, Rishi Israni, Rizwan Syed, Kok-Choon Sim, Akhmad Fauzan, Shrugal Deepak Nagarkar, Sribarath Kannan
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Patent number: 9848609Abstract: Described are methods and compositions relating to dough compositions leavened by chemical leavening systems that include acidic chemical leavening agent and encapsulated basic chemical leavening agent, wherein the dough composition can be refrigerated in a low pressure package that contains a carbon dioxide atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: General Mills, Inc.Inventor: David J Domingues
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Patent number: 9848610Abstract: A method for stuffing food products in casings comprising the steps that consist in inserting the product to be stuffed in a first casing, which is permeable to air, and in a second casing, which is impermeable to air and is arranged outside the first casing, creating an at least partial vacuum at least between the first casing and the second casing.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: INOX MECCANICA—S.R.L.Inventor: Giovanni Bolzacchini
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Patent number: 9848611Abstract: A pin bone removal system involves automatically removing a pin bone area of a fish fillet when conveyed by a conveyor after undergoing a cutting process, and includes at least two side by side arranged conveyor belts extending from a first end for receiving a fish fillet to a second end. The internal arrangement of the side by side arranged conveyor belts is such that the spacing varies among first end the conveyor belts along their length. The transversal position of the fish fillet in relation to the first end is adjusted when the fish fillet arrives at the downstream position such that the position of the cut pin bone area is such that the cut pin bone area falls through the space while the remaining part of the fish fillet remains on the first and/or second conveyor belts.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: MAREL ICELAND EHFInventors: Kristjan Hallvardsson, Haraldur Gudlaugsson
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Patent number: 9848612Abstract: A smoker apparatus is disclosed that provides a smoker cabinet having upper and lower end portions. The cabinet has a top, a bottom and a side wall or walls and an interior. The cabinet includes a plurality of vertically spaced apart shelves mounted within the cabinet interior. A cabinet door that enables access to the shelves. A gaseous fuel supplied burner element is positioned next to the lower end portion of the cabinet, the burner element being removably connectable to a source of gaseous fuel. A pair of containers is mounted within the cabinet below the shelves and above the burner element. One of the containers is preferably a water container for containing water. The other of the containers being a wood chips container for containing wood chips, wherein the wood chips container is positioned in between the water container and the burner element. A slide bracket supports the containers, the slide bracket positioned generally in between the burner element and the shelves.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Metal Fusion, Inc.Inventors: Norman Bourgeois, Michael Bourgeois
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Patent number: 9848613Abstract: A method of protecting a dairy product, including fresh milk and milk powder from oxidation by adding an efficacious amount of a composition including rosmarinic acid.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: KEMIN INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Lan Ban, William Schroeder
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Patent number: 9848614Abstract: A method for producing a lactase-containing composition which is purified by selectively removing protease contaminating the lactase using simple and easy means; a lactase-containing composition; and a dairy product containing the lactase-containing composition. A method for producing a lactase-containing composition having a reduced protease content includes: dissolving a composition containing lactase and protease in an aqueous salt solution having an electric conductivity of from 2 to 45 mS/cm; bringing the resultant solution into contact with an ion exchange resin; and collecting a fraction which is not adsorbed onto the ion exchange resin.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: GODO SHUSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Yoshikawa, Kazuma Shiota
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Patent number: 9848615Abstract: A storage stable frozen lactic acid bacteria (LAB) culture that comprises LAB that are that are able to utilize sucrose, has a weight of at least 50 g frozen material and a content of viable bacteria of at least 109 colony forming units (CFU) per g frozen material.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: CHR. HANSEN A/SInventors: Hans Bisgaard-Frantzen, Børge Windel Kringelum, Inge Knap
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Patent number: 9848616Abstract: A food processing vat is provided with a zoned heat transfer system that provides zoned temperature control to the vat. The zoned heat transfer system selectively transmits heat to or removes heat from different portions of a bottom wall and/or side walks) of the vat. A heat transfer fluid may be directed through the zoned heat transfer system along a flow path that is selected based on a target size and/or a target temperature of a batch of food product being processed in the vat.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Custom Fabricating & Repair, Inc.Inventors: Timothy J. Isenberg, John E. Zirbel
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Patent number: 9848617Abstract: Provided is a coagulant composition for tofu having a sufficient slow-acting property in coagulation of soymilk in a tofu production process as a necessary condition, and being capable of developing the original flavor of tofu originated in a raw material soybean and its pressed soymilk as a sufficient condition, the coagulant composition being obtained by dispersing an inorganic salt-based coagulant for tofu in a mixture of a natural wax and an edible oil or fat.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: TAIKI PRODUCT, INC.Inventors: Kenzou Kanai, Yukitaka Tanaka
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Patent number: 9848618Abstract: A method for producing a confectionary product (1), comprises the steps of extruding a confectionary substance to form a confectionary string, shearing an end portion (5) from a remaining part (7) of the confectionary string (2), resting the end portion (5) on a conveying surface (8) already before the separation of the end portion (5) and completing the separation of the end portion (5) from the remaining part (7) of the confectionary string (2) while the end portion (5) is resting on the conveying surface (8).Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Tekno-Ice S.r.l.Inventor: Santino Claudio Conte
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Patent number: 9848619Abstract: Chewing gums and chewing gum bases which are cud-forming and chewable at mouth temperature contains a block copolymer having at least two hard crystallizable polymeric blocks and at least one soft polymeric block. At least one hard polymeric block is a hard crystallizable polymeric block has a melting point greater than 20° C. The hard, crystallizable polymeric blocks and the soft blocks each have a degree of polymerization of at least 15 Characteristics of the block copolymers can be selected to produce gum bases and chewing gums having desired properties. In some cases, chewed cuds formed from the gum bases may exhibit improved removability from environmental surfaces to which they may become undesirably attached.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANYInventors: Jingping Liu, Les Morgret, David Phillips, Rafael Bras
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Patent number: 9848620Abstract: A frozen food dispensing machine includes a refrigerated first zone including a product storage chamber. A second zone is operably connected to the first zone for flowing product from the first zone. A third zone is configured to receive a flow of product from the second zone, freeze the flow of product and dispense the flow of product. The first zone, the second zone and the third zone are isolatable from each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2013Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: James J. Minard, Benjamin A. Vosmek, Stephen M. Wadle
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Patent number: 9848621Abstract: A granulated phosphate composition that provides sufficient nutritional value as well as enhanced bioavailability of organic phosphorous present in a main feed ingredient. The granulated phosphate composition includes a phosphate source, such as monocalcium phosphate, mono-dicalcium phosphate, or dicalcium phosphate, and one or more feed enzymes such as phytase. When the phosphate composition is compounded and pelleted with a main feed ingredient into a feed pellet, and consumed by a non-ruminant, the phytase component of the phosphate composition liberates otherwise unavailable phosphorous present in the main feed ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: The Mosaic CompanyInventors: Eddy A. Fontana, Charlotte Brittain, Everett L. Jones, Bryan Baylor, Sal Nsheiwat, Ryan Thomas, Reinaldo M. Marsella
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Patent number: 9848622Abstract: Compositions and methods useful to enhance the development of the immune system of a growing animal are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2010Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Michael Yamka, Kim Gene Friesen, Steven Curtis Zicker
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Patent number: 9848623Abstract: The present invention provides a process for growing eukaryotic microorganisms which are capable of producing lipids, in particular lipids containing polyenoic fatty acids. The present invention also provides a process for producing eukaryotic microbial lipids.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2012Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventors: Richard B. Bailey, Don Dimasi, John M. Hansen, Peter J. Mirrasoul, Craig M. Ruecker, George T. Veeder, III, Tatsuo Kaneko, William R. Barclay
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Patent number: 9848624Abstract: The invention relates to the use of rubusoside and certain mixtures containing rubusoside, preferably the use of certain rubusoside-containing mixtures, in particular Rubus suavissimus extracts, for masking, reducing or suppressing a bitter, sour and/or astringent taste impression. The invention further relates to orally consumable preparations, comprising at least one bitter, sour and/or astringent-tasting substance and rubusoside or certain rubusoside-containing mixtures, preferably certain Rubus suavissimus extracts, a corresponding method of producing said preparations and a method for reducing or suppressing the bitter, sour and/or astringent effect of a bitter, sour and/or astringent-tasting substance. The invention further relates to certain flavoring compositions that are particularly effective for masking, reducing or suppressing a bitter, sour and/or astringent taste impression.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Symrise AGInventors: Jakob Peter Ley, Katharina Reichelt, Thomas Riess, Kathrin Langer, Susanne Paetz
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Patent number: 9848625Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for increasing the suppression of hunger and/or increasing the reduction of prospective consumption and/or increasing the reduction of appetite and/or increasing the feeling of satiety and/or reducing non-fat energy uptake in the gastrointestinal tract of a mammal in order to prevent a positive non-fat energy balance, weight gain, overweight and obesity, and to induce a negative non-fat energy balance and weight loss in subjects who wish to reduce their body weight. In particular, feed, food and/or beverages and dietary supplements of the present invention comprises mucilage such as flax seed mucilage and/or one or more active compounds of mucilage useful for increasing the suppression of hunger and/or increasing the reduction of prospective consumption and/or increasing the reduction of appetite and/or increasing the feeling of satiety and/or reducing the digestibility of non-fat energy in the gastrointestinal tract of a mammal.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: University of CopenhagenInventors: Arne Astrup, Inge Tetens, Mette Kristensen
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Patent number: 9848626Abstract: A food grade water-soluble arabinoxylan product containing arabinoxylan oligosaccharides and retaining a high amount of bound ferulic acid and other phenolic substances is isolated from corn fiber using an aqueous extraction wherein the pH of the aqueous medium employed for the extraction is adjusted to a selected value after mixing with the corn fiber and prior to the initiation of extraction.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: TATE & LYLE INGREDIENTS AMERICAS LLCInventors: Shiji Shen, Andrew Joseph Hoffman, Rohit A. Medhekar, Susan Matthew, Richard Armentrout
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Patent number: 9848627Abstract: To provide an unfermented beer-taste beverage provided with fermentation flavor, and a method for producing the unfermented beer-taste beverage. An unfermented beer-taste beverage provided with good fermentation flavor characteristic of beer can be provided by a method for producing an unfermented beer-taste beverage comprising a step of adding a flavor composition containing a sulfur-containing compound to an unfermented beer-taste beverage to achieve a content of the sulfur-containing compound of 1×102 ppt or more but 1×103 ppt or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.Inventors: Shinsuke Ito, Jun Kubota
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Patent number: 9848628Abstract: The present invention provides improved apparatus and methods for the monitoring and control of apparatus designed to remove moisture from an initially wet product, such as a continuous dryer (14). The net rate of water removal from the wet product (16) is determined during drying thereof, preferably on a real-time basis. A control assembly (20) is operatively coupled with the dryer (14) and includes sensors (24, 26, 28, 34), which are operatively coupled with a digital controller (38). The controller (38) has a PID controller operable to continuously determine the average net rate of water removal from the product (16).Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Wenger Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Adrian L. Strahm, Keith A. Erdley, Scott E. VanDalsem, Adam S. Hinton, Douglas S. Clark
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Patent number: 9848629Abstract: The present invention provides improved apparatus and methods for the monitoring and control of apparatus designed to remove moisture from an initially wet product, such as a continuous dryer (14). The net rate of water removal from the wet product (16) is determined during drying thereof, preferably on a real-time basis. A control assembly (20) is operatively coupled with the dryer (14) and includes sensors (24, 26, 28, 34), which are operatively coupled with a digital controller (38). The controller (38) has a PID controller operable to continuously determine the average net rate of water removal from the product (16).Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Wenger Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Adrian L. Strahm, Keith A. Erdley, Scott E. VanDalsem, Adam S. Hinton, Douglas S. Clark
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Patent number: 9848630Abstract: The embodiments herein provide a puffed and extruded popcorn product synthesized from cornmeal. The popcorn product is similar in appearance, texture and flavor to that of a regular popcorn. A cornmeal is mixed with water to obtain a mixture. The cornmeal is cooked under high temperature and pressure. The cornmeal is passed to the die holes provided at the end of the extruder by the hammer type twin extrusion screws. The corn is extruded out of the holes at a high velocity to obtain a corn product of irregular shape. The corn product into several pieces of desired length by a cutter. The cut pieces are dried with a drier before packaging.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Inventor: Saeid Yousef Zadeh
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Patent number: 9848631Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for producing irregular slices of meat from meat products. Further, a method of mass-producing a home-style meat product with an irregular appearance includes combining whole muscle meat with a mixture having no phosphates and a limited amount of salt. Further, the whole muscle meat mixture is loosely stuffed into casings such that void space is permitted between the individual whole muscles. Once the whole muscle meat has been cooked and cooled, the meat may be sliced on a variety of slicing equipment to create a home-style meat product with an irregular appearance.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2009Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLCInventors: Cory Painter, Edward A. Kusmider, Sarah Humke, Matthew Hurm, Lauren Michele Sammel
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Patent number: 9848632Abstract: Nobel Stevia Sweetening components are provided. Through the analysis of the components of the nobel Steviol Glycoside included in the stevia extract and/or crystals, not only the quality control of sweeteners, but judgment on the correctness of indication of origin or infringement of right are facilitated since the raw material of the sweetener can be identified.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: MORITA KAGAKU KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Toyoshige Morita, Isao Fujita, Fumito Matsuura, Masaya Ota
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Patent number: 9848633Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a raw food product with particles of ground roasted sesame seeds dispersed in sesame oil, the raw food product including particles having an average size of between about 15 ?m to about 40 ?m, being thixotropic, with a viscosity, of between about 700 cps to about 2,500 cps, being maintained as a single liquid phase for a time period of at least six months when stored at room temperature, the method including hulling sesame seeds by stirring sesame seeds, suspended in an aqueous media, at a velocity of less than 400 rpm, to obtain sesame kernels, roasting the sesame kernels to obtain roasted kernels, and subjecting the roasted kernels to two or more milling stages in a ball mill device to obtain the raw food product.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2017Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Rushdi Food Industries Ltd.Inventor: Ibrahim Bashir
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Patent number: 9848634Abstract: A melt spun tobacco composition, e.g., in flake or particle form, for oral use in a mammal made by melt spinning comprising tobacco and/or a tobacco extract and at least one material which is solid at room temperature, which melts at or below 500° F., and carries from 1% to 70% of tobacco when processed through melt spinning, and solidifies again in less than 5 seconds after melt spinning.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.Inventor: Richard C. Fuisz
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Patent number: 9848635Abstract: A kit is disclosed for supplying a cartridge of an inhaler article with liquid tobacco extract, the kit comprising an apparatus having means for extracting a liquid tobacco extract from a tobacco derived solid. The apparatus is adapted to deliver liquid tobacco extract to a cartridge and a cartridge adapted to receive liquid tobacco extract from the apparatus. An apparatus for supplying a liquid tobacco extract to a cartridge of an inhaler article is further disclosed. The apparatus has a housing, means for extracting a liquid tobacco extract from a tobacco derived solid and said housing is adapted to deliver liquid tobacco extract to a cartridge of an inhaler article. A related method of supplying a cartridge of an inhaler article with a liquid tobacco extract is further disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: JT INTERNATIONAL SAInventor: Jason Hopps
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Patent number: 9848636Abstract: A filter for a smoking article comprises a mouth end filter segment and a rod end filter segment. The rod end filter segment has a passage extending longitudinally therethrough. The passage has a diameter of about 1.0 mm or greater. In one embodiment, the rod end filter segment is comprised of an infinite pressure drop material. In another embodiment, the rod end filter segment is comprised of a low pressure drop material having a hollow tubular element disposed within to define the passage with an inner diameter greater than about 1.55 mm. Air dilution means are disposed in one of said filter segments to admit ventilating air into the filter.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANYInventors: Steven E. Brown, Luis A. Sanchez, Kai Tang, Suzanne F. Roof
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Patent number: 9848637Abstract: A smoking assembly includes a pipe that has an elongated section and an elbow section. The elbow section forms an angle with respect to the elongated section. Each of the elongated section and the elbow section is substantially hollow to have air drawn therethrough. The pipe is comprised of a rigid material. The rigid material is copper. A plurality of inserts is each removably positionable within the elbow section to retain a smoking article within the elbow section. The smoking article extends upwardly from the elbow section. Each of the plurality of inserts has a unique size with respect to each other to retain smoking articles of various sizes. A cap is removably coupled to the elbow section to retain the insert within the elbow section. A lid is positionable over the smoking article to extinguish the smoking article.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Inventor: Ramon Haddad
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Patent number: 9848638Abstract: A cigar shaped pipe, ideally made from premium materials such as briar, yet designed to be low cost to manufacture. The device uses a comparatively thin-walled combustion chamber, which both keeps material costs to a minimum, as well as an in-line reverse Calabash chamber to reduce the temperature and moisture of the smoke. In some embodiments, the pipe will further use an end cap, ether for pipe storage or during smoking. This optional end-cap will ideally be made of the same materials as the main pipe body, and thus will have similar thermal expansion properties, as well as having the same beneficial combustion chamber properties. This end cap may utilize O-rings or screw threads to hold the pipe's end cap onto position, thus enabling easy loading and cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Inventor: Christopher D. Morgan
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Patent number: 9848639Abstract: A novel water pipe smoking system features a base chamber having a base chamber cavity connected to a hose. The base chamber is designed to contain a water level and a vapor headspace. The system features one or more stacked filtering liquid lock chambers each having a filtering liquid lock chamber cavity. The filtering liquid lock chamber is designed to contain a water level and a vapor headspace. The system features one or more chamber connecting lids each having an open tube. The filtering liquid lock chamber is attached to either another filtering liquid lock chamber or the base chamber via the chamber connecting lid. The system features a stem cap having an open tube that is attached to a topmost filtering liquid lock chamber at a filtering liquid lock chamber top. The system features a medicine bowl located on the filtering liquid lock chamber lid.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Inventor: John G. Soares