Patents Issued in December 4, 2018
  • Patent number: 10143185
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for processing eggs based upon a characteristic such as gender are provided. Material is extracted from each of a plurality of live eggs, the extracted material is assayed to identify eggs having the characteristic, and then eggs identified as having the characteristic are processed accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Zoetis Services LLC
    Inventors: Patricia V. Phelps, B. Alan Chalker, II, William Hayes Ferrell, III, John H. Hebrank, Benjamin Charles McDow, Edward Atkinson Pomeroy, III, Jonathan Robertson, Johnny Mark Townsend
  • Patent number: 10143186
    Abstract: A genetically modified mouse is provided, wherein the mouse is incapable of rearranging and expressing an endogenous mouse immunoglobulin light chain variable sequence, wherein the mouse expresses only one or two human light chain variable domains encoded by human immunoglobulin sequences operably linked to the mouse kappa (?) constant gene at the endogenous mouse ? locus, wherein the mouse expresses a reverse chimeric antibody having a light chain variable domain derived from one of only two human light chain variable region gene segments and a mouse ? constant domain, and a human heavy chain variable domain and a mouse heavy chain constant domain, from an endogenous mouse heavy chain locus. Bispecific epitope-binding proteins that are fully human are provided, comprising two different heavy chains that associate with an identical light chain that comprises a variable domain derived from one of two different human light chain variable region gene segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: John McWhirter, Lynn Macdonald, Sean Stevens, David R. Buckler, Andrew J. Murphy
  • Patent number: 10143187
    Abstract: In some aspects, the present invention provides chimeric transferrin receptor (TfR) polynucleotides and polypeptides. In other aspects, this invention provides chimeric TfR transgenic animal models and methods of using the animal models to identify therapeutics that can cross the blood-brain barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Denali Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Dennis, Adam P. Silverman, Joy Yu Zuchero
  • Patent number: 10143188
    Abstract: A bait retaining device removably attachable to fishing bait includes a strip of material rigid enough to remain in an operative position but malleable enough to be disengaged by pulling. The strip is generally U-shaped, having legs joined by a base segment. Teeth to hold bait protrude from the side of each leg facing the other. The base segment of the U-shaped strip defines a hole through which the shaft of an anchor pin is inserted. The anchor pin is secured through the hole on one distal end by a head that cannot pass through the hole and allows the U-shaped strip to rotate freely. The other distal end of the anchor includes a loop for connection to the eyelet of a hook. A support piece, made of dense or buoyant material, is located between the legs and adjacent the base segment and may be removable and interchangeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventor: Edward G. Scopelitis
  • Patent number: 10143189
    Abstract: There is provided a reel comprising a bearing in which the inward surfaces of the outer ring and inner ring of the bearing are covered with a liquid water-repellent agent having lubricity, and further the exposed surfaces of the outer ring and the inner ring are also covered with the water-repellent agent or another water-repelling material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Pure Fishing Japan Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Kimio Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10143190
    Abstract: A spool for a spinning reel is mountable on a spool shaft. The spool includes a spool body that rotates with respect to the spool shaft. The spool also includes a drag mechanism between the spool body and the spool shaft to apply a braking force against a rotation of the spool body. The spool further includes a radiator in the spool body and in contact with the drag mechanism. The radiator rotates with respect to one of the spool body or the spool shaft. The radiator does not rotate with respect to the other one of the spool body or the spool shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventor: Koji Ochiai
  • Patent number: 10143191
    Abstract: Insect capture is improved by providing a glue board having an adhesive coating on its front surface and forming a pattern of insect attractant. UV light on that front surface. That pattern includes areas of bright UV light generated by light-emitting diodes behind and visible through the glue board by flying insect, dimmer areas of UV light that bounces off other portions of the device onto the glue board, and areas of shadow on the glue board where no or little UV light is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Gardner Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce R. Studer, Timothy M. Jones
  • Patent number: 10143192
    Abstract: An animal trap comprising a trap (106, 102, 302) section having at least one moveable wall section (136, 228, 314), being moveable with respect to one or more other walls of the trap section to thereby alter the size of the trap section; animal detection means (138, 242, 306) operable to detect the presence of an animal within the trap section and adapted to signal such a presence to control means, which control means is operable, upon receipt of said signal, to cause movement of the moveable wall section (136, 228, 314) and thus alter the size of the trap section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Dasher Developments Ltd
    Inventor: Gordon Brown
  • Patent number: 10143193
    Abstract: A device for electrocuting pests includes first and second electrodes and an infrared detector. The infrared detector is responsive to infrared radiation emitted by a pest and provides output signals indicating the presence of a pest. A circuit responsive to the output signals and responsive to sensing current flowing between the first and second electrodes, which indicates that a pest is present and in contact with the electrodes, provides high voltage across the first and second electrodes when a selected one of the output signals and the sensing current indicates that a pest is in contact with the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventors: Robert G. Noe, Richard J. Tate
  • Patent number: 10143194
    Abstract: An elevatable platform system for mounting on a vehicle having an elevatable platform elevatable by a collapsible support structure. The support structure is adapted to move the elevatable platform between a lowered position in which the elevatable platform is positioned at a height proximate to or below the height of the vehicle and an elevated position in which the elevatable platform is elevated above the vehicle. Support legs integrated into the support structure can be deployed from the support structure when the elevatable platform is elevated to further stabilize the elevated platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Traveling Tower LLC
    Inventors: Todd A. Rubey, Jeffry M. Olson
  • Patent number: 10143195
    Abstract: Provided is a solvent borne coating composition comprising (a) one or more polymeric biocide comprising multivalent metal cations and multivalent organic anions, (b) one or more polymer-encapsulated biocide, and (c) one or more ethoxylated triglyceride that has average number of moles of ethylene oxide units per mole of triglyceride molecules of 10 to 45. Also provided are a method of making such composition and a method of using such a composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
    Inventors: John William Ashmore, Boris Polanuyer
  • Patent number: 10143196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical product, comprising an antibacterial hard material coating, which is applied to a main body and which comprises biocide. Said hard material coating includes at least one inner layer and one outer layer, wherein the biocide concentration in the outer layer is substantially constant and greater than the biocide concentration in the inner layer and the biocide concentration in the inner layer is greater than or equal to 0.2 at %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFÄFFIKON
    Inventors: Carmen Leonor Colmenares Mora, Arnd Mueller, Albert Peter Gerhard Janssen
  • Patent number: 10143197
    Abstract: An insect attractant including a blend of volatile organic compounds. The blend of volatile organic compounds may include alpha-phellandrene, beta-caryophyllene, and at least one additional volatile organic compound. In one embodiment, the ratio of alpha-phellandrene to beta-caryophyllene in the blend may be 1:0.5 to 1:2. In one embodiment, the blend of volatile organic compounds may comprise 15 to 60 wt. 0% alpha-phellandrene and 10 to 50 wt. % beta-caryophyllene. In one embodiment, the at least one additional volatile organic compound may be selected from the group consisting of: beta-phellandrene, gamma-terpinene, ocimene, and terpineol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventors: Mamoudou Setamou, Darek Czokajlo, Robert Saldana
  • Patent number: 10143198
    Abstract: A method for reducing parasites in aquatic animals is provided. The method includes administering to the aquatic animal a compound comprising propyl propane thiosulfonate (PTSO) having the formula R—SOa-S—R, where R represents n-propyl group (—CH2—CH2—CH3) and a is 2 and also propyl propane thiosulfinate (PTS) having the formula R—SOa-S—R, where R represents n-propyl group (—CH2—CH2—CH3) and a is 1, so that a combination of PTS and PTSO is administered to the aquatic animal resulting in the reduction of a plurality of crustaceans infecting the aquatic animal in response to administering the combination of PTS and PTSO to the aquatic animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: INVESTFOOD, LLC
    Inventors: Cristina Núñez Lechado, Alberto Baños Arjona, Enrique Guillamón Ayala, Adela Valero López, Ma Concepción Navarro Moll, Ana Sanz Rus
  • Patent number: 10143199
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of pre-rinsing laundry and treating other surfaces employing a composition that can kill bedbug eggs. The composition includes an anionic compound and is at pH just above neutral, e.g., about 7 to about 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Erik Olson, Yvonne Killeen, Victor Man, Joelle Olson, Erin Loosbrock
  • Patent number: 10143200
    Abstract: Synergistic compositions comprising: one component (A), consisting of the compound having formula (I) 3-difluoromethyl-N-(7-fluoro-1,1,3-trimethyl-4-indanyl)-1-methyl-4-pyrazolecarboxamide one or more components (B) having a fungicidal or insecticidal activity, and their use for the control of of harmful insects in agrarian crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: STICHTING I-F PRODUCT COLLABORATION
    Inventors: Franco Pellacini, Matteo Santino Vazzola, Marilena Gusmeroli, Entela Sinani, Manuela Riservato
  • Patent number: 10143201
    Abstract: A composition suitable for control of diseases caused by phytopathogens comprising (A) a compound of formula I wherein R1 is difluoromethyl or trifluoromethyl and X is chloro, fluoro or bromo; and (B) at least one compound selected from compounds known for their fungicidal activity; and a method of controlling diseases on useful plants, especially rust diseases on soybean plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Hans Tobler, Harald Walter, Ulrich Johannes Haas
  • Patent number: 10143202
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of controlling bacterial contamination using synergistic interactions of antimicrobials. The invention consists of combinations of chlorine dioxide and organic acid whose combined antimicrobial effect is greater than the sum of their individual activities, i.e., synergistic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SOLENIS TECHNOLOGIES, L.P.
    Inventors: John S Chapman, Corinne E. Consalo
  • Patent number: 10143203
    Abstract: An antibacterial spectacle part comprises a spectacle part, and a film formed on at least one surface of the spectacle part. The film is formed by a self-polymerization reaction of dopamine, and comprises a plurality of silver nano particles deposited on a surface of the film away from the spectacle part. The disclosure also provides an antibacterial treatment method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: MiiCs & Partners (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hsiu-Wen Chien
  • Patent number: 10143204
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for preparing a concentrated sabadilla extract and to methods of its use as a pesticide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: MCLAUGHLIN GORMLEY KING COMPANY
    Inventors: Dain Andrews Thompson, John Thomas Bergman, Darrick David Unger
  • Patent number: 10143205
    Abstract: The invention disclosed herein relates to methods for controlling pressurized air streams within a food-processing oven. In this invention, two or more pressurized air streams are caused to collide creating a turbulent airflow in a third and separate direction. One or more dampers are used to control the location and direction of the third resultant flow allowing treated air to be moved at designated speeds to and from specific locations within the oven for controlled lengths of time. The resulting airflow may be directed horizontally across horizontally laid product or vertically across vertically hung products thereby minimizing times where treated air is blocked by the either product or its support racks. This yields improved product uniformity, consistency, temperature, and moisture content while improving food safety and product yield with reduced processing time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventor: Guy E. Buller-Colthurst
  • Patent number: 10143206
    Abstract: An edible composition comprising starch and cellulose ether particles, wherein the cellulose ether particles have a ratio M3.0/M2.0 of not more than 200 micrometers, wherein M3.0 is the number volume mean and M2.0 is the number surface area mean of the cellulose ether particles, and/or wherein the cellulose ether particles have a volume fraction of fibrous particles of no more than 40%, is useful for preparing a batter by mixing the edible composition with water. The batter is contacted with a food to prepare a battered food. The battered foods have a reduced oil and/or fat uptake when fried, as compared to fried non-battered food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Jorg Theuerkauf, Robert B. Fletcher, Yvonne M. Goerlach-Doht, Juergen Hermanns, Sjoerd A. De Vries
  • Patent number: 10143207
    Abstract: A shelf stable, confectionary food product having a core and a confectionary coating. The core is formed from dehydrated crumbs, such as dehydrated cake crumbs sweetened with sugar, and a shortening-based matrix comprising shortening and water. When the dehydrated crumbs are combined with the shortening-based matrix, the crumbs rehydrate. The food product has a shelf life at room temperature of more than one month, such as more than 3 months, or more than 6 months, or up to 9 months.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Akshay Arora, Jill Conley, Danielle Waite, Jeffrey F. Enz
  • Patent number: 10143208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for individual feeding of fish into a processing line. Such method and device may, for instance, be used for receiving, gilling and gutting freshly caught fish in a processing line on board a fishing vessel. For instance, the in-feeding apparatus and method may be used to increase the value of the fish by speeding up the time until the fish is chilled for storing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SKAGGIN HF
    Inventor: Ingolfur Arnason
  • Patent number: 10143209
    Abstract: A food processing apparatus includes a pressure vessel defining a compartment having an inlet end for receiving food product and an outlet end for discharging food product, an open-top screen mounted within the compartment and movable relative to the compartment between a first position, for food processing, and a second position, to facilitate cleaning, a rotatable auger mounted such that at least a portion of the auger is within the screen, the auger being operable to advance food product within the compartment from the inlet end of the pressure vessel toward the outlet end, and a transfer mechanism including a conduit in communication with the compartment, a fluid discharge positioned substantially within the conduit, and a pressurized fluid source in communication with the fluid discharge and operable to propel a fluid through the fluid discharge to move food product through the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Lyco Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel D. Maupin, David R. Zittel
  • Patent number: 10143210
    Abstract: A control system for a controlled atmosphere room (“CA room”) for storing perishable commodities, such as fruits and vegetables. The control system includes an enclosure that can be placed within the CA room to store a representative sample of the commodities in the CA room. The control system includes an atmosphere valve selectively operable to provide atmospheric communication between the enclosure and the CA room or to isolate the enclosure from the CA room. The control system includes a sampling control system for determining a dynamic control value based on the isolated representative sample. The dynamic control value may be determined by monitoring the respiratory quotient in the enclosure while it is isolated. Once determined, the control system can use the dynamic control value to adjust the atmosphere of the CA room, thereby using tests on a representative sample to control the atmosphere for the full volume of commodities in the CA room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventor: James C. Schaefer
  • Patent number: 10143211
    Abstract: A freeze-dried, aerated dairy or dairy-substitute composition comprising a dairy or dairy-substitute ingredient and an emulsifier are disclosed. Methods of using and making thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Nestec S. A.
    Inventors: Scott Peterson, Frank Welch, Thomas Burkholder, Norman Jager, Giovanna Aleman
  • Patent number: 10143212
    Abstract: The invention relates to an emulsion for protecting oxidizable lipids from oxidative damage and methods of making the same. The lipids are encapsulated in a complex of casein and whey protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: MASSEY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Harjinder Singh, Xiang-Qian Zhu, Aiqian Ye
  • Patent number: 10143213
    Abstract: Provided is a packaged beverage, including the following components: (A) 0.025 mass % to 0.5 mass % of a non-polymer catechin; and (B) at least one selected from the group consisting of an ?-acid and an iso-?-acid, as well as a ?-acid, in which: a mass ratio of (B2) the ?-acid to the component (B), [(B2)/(B)], is 0.01 or more; and the packaged beverage has a pH of from 2 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideyuki Takatsu
  • Patent number: 10143214
    Abstract: A method of preparing a tea beverage in a capsule-based brewing device is provided, the device comprising an infusion chamber (10); a capsule holder (20) sized and shaped so as to receive a capsule (30); a filter (25); an openable and closable passage (29) which terminates in an orifice (40); a vessel (60) located beneath the orifice (40) and having a spout (63); the method comprising the steps of: introducing liquid and infusible beverage material from the capsule (30) into the infusion chamber (10) so as to brew the beverage; and then after brewing has taken place for a sufficient time, opening the passage (29) to allow the beverage to flow from the infusion chamber (10) through the filter (25), along the passage (29), through the orifice (40), into the vessel (60) and out from the spout (63).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Ahmad Bittar, David Murray Cross, Michael Paton, Alistair David Smith, Daniel Thomas Toon
  • Patent number: 10143216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated confection in which the wear resistance and shape retention property in high temperature of the center thereof are improved by coating a sufficient amount of shellac on a center with a complex shape. More particularly, the present invention relates to a coated confection composed of a center composed of an oil-based confection and shellac coating the center, wherein a coating rate of shellac is 0.1 to 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Matsuura, Maki Hiraoka, Naoko Takai, Hiroyuki Utsunomiya
  • Patent number: 10143217
    Abstract: An air inlet arrangement for an ice cream machine or yogurt machine includes an air-solution tube supported in a solution container which is adapted for storing a predetermined volume of solution at a predetermined fluid elevation, and an air nozzle. The air-solution tube has an elongated structure defining a top end, a bottom end, and a process channel between the top end and the bottom end, wherein the air-solution tube has a height greater than the fluid elevation of the solution container, wherein a volume of the air-solution tube is such that the air-solution tube is arranged to contain 80 g or less of the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventors: Lingyu Dong, Chun Dong Dong
  • Patent number: 10143218
    Abstract: The animal feed supplement enhances digestibility and allows animals to be more efficient with rations. The supplement can include enzymes that decrease the amount of starch and fiber passing out of the small intestine and cecum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: AC NUTRITION, LP
    Inventors: Dale Downs, Mark Urbanosky, Lowell R. Smalley
  • Patent number: 10143219
    Abstract: A novel dietary supplement and nutritional aid and methods for the manufacture and administration of the same are disclosed for the inhibition of OCD in afflicted animals, particularly horses. The present invention relates generally to a feed composition and methods of use thereof for reducing the development of Osteochondrosis Dissecans (OCD) lesions in predisposed young animals, particularly horses. More specifically the invention provides a nutritional formula that targets the metabolic deficiencies identified as being correlated with development of OCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignees: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Sarah Ralston, Istvan Pelczer
  • Patent number: 10143220
    Abstract: A pet food composition comprising a meat based material comprised of meat or meat by-products, and an aqueous phase comprised of an acetyl-substituted waxy cassava inhibited starch in an amount effective to thicken said aqueous phase is provided. Also provided is a gravy for a pet food comprising an acetyl-substituted waxy cassava inhibited starch in an amount effective to thicken said composition and having a freeze/thaw stability greater than about 5 cycles as well as a method of feeding a canine or feline pet. Also provided is a gravy for a pet food comprised of a hydroxypropyl-substituted waxy cassava inhibited starch having less than about 2.5%, by weight of hydroxylpropyl substituents, in an amount effective to thicken said aqueous phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Corn Products Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas J. Hanchett, Christina Odorisio, Hanjoo Chae
  • Patent number: 10143221
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel sweet-tasting refreshing beverage, which is free of phosphoric acid and instead contains at least 0.3% by weight/volume of gluconic acid, which is low in minerals, specifically contains less than 250 mg/liter of minerals, which is low in sugar, specifically contains at most 2.5% by weight/volume of sugar, wherein these sugars comprise at least 10% weight/weight galactose and in addition a proportion of isomaltulose and/or tagatose, and which has a glycemic index of at most 35 (GI<35).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventor: Johannes Coy
  • Patent number: 10143222
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a compact device for electrolytic sterilization of food and utensils, especially for the electrical treatment of food and utensils using the electric current generated between a positive pole and a negative pole of an electrolysis system, all of those immersed in a fluid medium contained within a container covered by a lid of said device. The container is the anode or positive pole and the lid, by means of a cathode shaft provided with a cathode disc, is the cathode or negative pole, and the electrolyte is water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventor: Charles Adriano Duvoisin
  • Patent number: 10143223
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to sports drinks with improved ability to rehydrate individuals especially after intense physical activities. The sports drinks can also reduce muscle soreness or fatigue, improve muscle performance, and minimize muscle cramping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventor: Sourabh Kharait
  • Patent number: 10143224
    Abstract: A low protein yogurt composition is provided comprising water, at least one dairy ingredient and a crosslinked waxy starch, wherein the crosslinked waxy starch is crosslinked with phosphate groups and has a peak Brabender viscosity of from about 600 to about 1500 Brabender units, and the cross-linked waxy starch is present in an amount sufficient to add viscosity to the yogurt. The crosslinked waxy starch can also be stabilized by acetylation to obtain longer shelf life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Corn Products Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Callen Sistrunk, Valerie Jezequel, Judith Vaz, Florian Much, Hanna Clune, Erhan Yildiz, Douglas Hanchett, Niketa Lad
  • Patent number: 10143225
    Abstract: An edible composition comprising starch and cellulose ether particles, wherein the cellulose ether particles have a median Equivalent Projected Circle Diameter (EQPC 50,3) of up to 110 micrometers and a Crystallinity Index, CI, of not more than 0.43, wherein CI=(I200?1am)/I200> where I200 is the intensity of the highest peak in the X-ray diffraction spectral pattern of the cellulose ether particles and Iam is the intensity of the valley between the highest peak I200 and the higher of the one or two peaks adjacent to the highest peak, is useful for preparing battered foods of reduced oil and/or fat uptake when fried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Jing Guo, Jorg Theuerkauf
  • Patent number: 10143226
    Abstract: Food-grade yellow pea protein concentrates prepared from yellow field peas and flours derived therefrom are provided. Also provided are method of making the concentrates and beverages and foodstuffs that include the concentrates. The yellow pea protein concentrates are characterized by a high yellow pea protein content, high digestibility, and complete essential amino acid profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Innovative Proteins Holding, LLC
    Inventors: Seth A. Foster, Tim G. Foster, Donald L. Crank
  • Patent number: 10143227
    Abstract: A peeling apparatus and method using rotating rollers as a peeling bed includes a mechanism that moves food products through the peeling bed. The mechanism has multiple walls mounted to a continuous loop that is driven over the peeling bed to define cavities between each adjacent pair of walls. The walls' lower edges are spaced close to the rollers to prevent food products from exiting a cavity. One or more of the walls may have cleaners, such as spray nozzles connected to high pressure liquid, to clean particles from the rollers. The nozzles spray the particles off as the spray nozzles pass over the rollers during normal operation of the peeling apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Vanmark Equipment, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas P. Mathues
  • Patent number: 10143228
    Abstract: An automated food preparation system includes a seasoning-dispensing system, a sauce-dispensing system, and a conveyance system. The seasoning-dispensing system includes a plurality of vessels, a dispersion nozzle, and a conduit coupled to the dispersion nozzle. Each vessel contains one of a plurality of seasonings. The vessels are in selective communication with the conduit. The sauce-dispensing system includes a plurality of sauce reservoirs, a scanning head, and a plurality of tubes. Each sauce reservoirs contains one of a plurality of sauces. The scanning head includes openings each coupled with one of the sauce reservoirs via one of the tubes. The conveyance system transports a foodstuff between a seasoning position in which the foodstuff is disposed below the dispersion nozzle and a sauce position in which the foodstuff is disposed below the openings. The scanning head is movable to dispense one or more sauces onto the foodstuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Creator, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandros Vardakostas, Thomas Hanson, Michael Balsamo, Taylor Nicholson, James Brinkman, Oshin Nazarian
  • Patent number: 10143229
    Abstract: A food preparation device is disclosed. The food preparation device can include an ingredient combining apparatus to introduce a fluid food ingredient and a solid food ingredient to one another within a package. The food preparation device can also include a mixing apparatus to mix the fluid food ingredient and the solid food ingredient to form a food mixture in the package. In addition, the food preparation device can include a forming apparatus to form the food mixture into a predetermined shape within the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: ZimplyFresh, LLC
    Inventors: Malavika Mantry, Manju Karthikeyan, Narayan Tripunithura Mahadeva
  • Patent number: 10143230
    Abstract: A tobacco-free oral pouch product providing immediate and long lasting flavor release comprises a pouch wrapper and tobacco-free flavor beads contained within the pouch wrapper. The flavor beads comprise at least one of microcrystalline cellulose, pectin and sodium alginate, at least one polymer having a higher solubility in saliva than microcrystalline cellulose, pectin and/or sodium alginate, and at least one flavorant. The pectin and sodium alginate are cross-linked. The tobacco-free flavor beads provide immediate release of the flavorant upon placement of a pouch product in a user's mouth and long lasting release of the flavorant for about 15 minutes to about 80 minutes. The oral pouch product contains only tobacco-free flavor beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, Biao Duan, Daqing Wu, William R. Sweeney
  • Patent number: 10143231
    Abstract: A smoking article is provided, including a blind combustible heat source having opposed front and rear faces and having a transverse cross sectional area of at least about 60 percent of a transverse cross-sectional area of the smoking article; an aerosol-forming substrate downstream of the rear face, wherein the rear face and the aerosol-forming substrate are exposed to one another; a mouthpiece downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate; and one or more air inlets located downstream of the rear face and upstream of the mouthpiece. The one or more air inlets are located between the rear face and a downstream end of the aerosol-forming substrate and include one or more first air inlets around a periphery of the aerosol-forming substrate. Air drawn through the aerosol-forming substrate enters the smoking article through the one or more air inlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Edouard Poget, Oleg Mironov, Stephane Roudier
  • Patent number: 10143232
    Abstract: There is provided an aerosol generating device configured for user inhalation of a generated aerosol, including a heater element configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; a power source connected to the heater element; and a controller connected to the heater element and to the power source, wherein the controller is configured to control the power supplied to the heater element from the power source to maintain the temperature of the heater element at a target temperature, and is configured to monitor changes in the temperature of the heater element or changes in the power supplied to the heater element to detect a change in air flow past the heater element indicative of a user inhalation. The controller may determine when a user has inhaled and may use this for dynamic control of the device as well as provide user inhalation data for subsequent analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Pascal Talon
  • Patent number: 10143233
    Abstract: There is provided an aerosol generating device for heating an aerosol-forming substrate, including a storage portion for storing the aerosol-forming substrate and a vaporizer for heating the aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol. The storage portion has an outer housing and an internal passageway, the storage portion forming a reservoir for the aerosol-forming substrate between the outer housing and the internal passageway, and the vaporizer extends at least partially inside the internal passageway in the storage portion. The device further includes a porous interface at least partially lining the internal passageway for conveying the aerosol-forming substrate from the storage portion towards the vaporizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Flavien Dubief, Olivier Cochand, Michel Thorens, Jean-Marc Flick, Yvan Degoumois
  • Patent number: 10143234
    Abstract: In an electronic cigarette, a mesh element is in contact with liquid storage. A heater is spaced apart from the mesh element and positioned to heat air which flows through the mesh element. The heated air vaporizes the liquid in or on the mesh. The vapor is inhaled by the user. A method of vaporizing a liquid in an electronic cigarette includes conducting liquid from a liquid storage to a mesh element. Electric current is supplied to a heater, optionally in response to sensing inhalation on the outlet or mouthpiece of the electronic cigarette. The heater heats air and the heated air is conducted through the mesh element, with the heated air vaporizing liquid on or in the mesh element. The vaporized liquid is entrained with the heated air and may then flow through or around the liquid storage to the mouthpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
    Inventor: Lik Hon
  • Patent number: 10143235
    Abstract: A portable, personal storage and carrying case for an e-liquid e-cigarette PV in which the case is adapted to lock the PV securely in a charging position; and when the PV is locked in the charging position, then electrical charging contacts on the PV are in direct or indirect engagement with electrical charging contacts in the case that are connected to a power source, such as a rechargeable battery, in the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: BEYOND TWENTY LTD.
    Inventors: Kaveh Memari, Adrian Bennett, Ian Murison, Stephen Marsh