Patents Issued in February 25, 2020
  • Patent number: 10568307
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions comprising non-human animals comprising neurons expressing stabilized step function opsin proteins on neural plasma membranes and methods of using the same to selectively depolarize neurons residing in microcircuits of the pre-frontal cortex to affect one or more social behaviors, communications, and/or conditioned behaviors in the non-human animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Karl Deisseroth, Ofer Yizhar, Lief Fenno
  • Patent number: 10568308
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated release of insects are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes: an insect storage device defining one or more internal compartments to store a population of insects; a loading mechanism for loading the insect storage device with a population of insects; and an insect release device coupled to the loading mechanism and configured to release into an environment one or more insects from the population of insects in the insect storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Peter Massaro, Robert Sobecki, Brian Wasson, Charles Behling, Gabriella Levine
  • Patent number: 10568309
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated release of insects are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes: an insect storage device defining one or more internal compartments to store a population of insects; a loading mechanism for loading the insect storage device with a population of insects; and an insect release device coupled to the loading mechanism and configured to release into an environment one or more insects from the population of insects in the insect storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Peter Massaro, Robert Sobecki, Brian Wasson, Charles Behling, Gabriella Levine
  • Patent number: 10568310
    Abstract: A spinning reel includes a reel body, a crank mounted to the reel body, a main shaft, a tubular worm, a rotor, a spool unit, a rotary shaft, a slider block, a cam mechanism, and a guiding unit. The cam mechanism is disposed between the rotary shaft and the slider block to provide a camming action for translating rotation of the rotary shaft into linear reciprocating motion of the slider block relative to the rotary shaft. A guiding sleeve of the guiding unit is disposed between the rotary shaft and the slider block to guide and stabilize the linear reciprocating motion of the slider block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: HAIBAO FISHING TACKLE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen-Hsiang Lee
  • Patent number: 10568311
    Abstract: A dual-bearing reel having a clutch mechanism for connecting a handle and a spool and releasing a connection between the handle and the spool is disclosed. The dual-bearing reel includes a metal frame, a clutch yoke, and a guide member made of resin. The metal frame supports a handle shaft of the handle. The clutch yoke is configured to switch the clutch mechanism between a connected state and a disconnected state. The guide member includes a main body part to be mounted on the frame, and a support part integrally formed with the main body part to guide the clutch yoke in an axial direction along an axis of the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SHIMANO COMPONENTS (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
    Inventors: Mohd Syamsul Johary Bin Ismail, Abu Supian Bin Ahmad
  • Patent number: 10568312
    Abstract: A floating storage box includes a box that may contain objects. A first float is coupled around the box. The first float is comprised of a buoyant material to float the box when the box is placed in water. A pair of wheels is each rotatably coupled to the box to roll along a support surface. A pair of legs is coupled to the box to abut the support surface. A first lid is hingedly coupled to the box such that the first lid selectively closes the box. A second lid is hingedly coupled to the first lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Anthony McPherson
  • Patent number: 10568313
    Abstract: A fishing rod holder system for easily transporting, storing, and/or using fishing rods, including one or more rod holding members mounted to a frame. The one or more rod holding members can be attachable/detachable and swivelable/rotatable about a receiving member. In some embodiments, the positions of the one or more rod holding members can be fixed or adjustable with respect to the frame. Further, the rod holding members are substantially hollow tubes for receiving the handle of a fishing rod, wherein the rod holding members may include various configurations of notches and/or slots for engaging with the fishing rod/reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Nathanial Brent Erdmann
  • Patent number: 10568314
    Abstract: The insect trap includes a trap portion and a base portion. The trap portion includes an enclosure with an adhesive surface and a first opening, where the adhesive surface is at least partially contained within the enclosure and is configured to adhere to an insect. The base portion includes a lighting element and a mounting portion, where the lighting element is configured to provide light to the trap portion and where the mounting portion is configured to communicate with and receive power from a power source. The trap portion is configured to removably engage the base portion and receive light from the base portion when engaged therewith. The base portion includes a snap protrusion and the trap portion includes a snap recess for receiving the snap protrusion, such that when the snap protrusion is received by the trap portion, the base portion and trap portion are engaged in a snap fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andrew F Sandford, Daniel B Lazarchik, Lars R Lieberwirth, Hans-Peter Schafer
  • Patent number: 10568315
    Abstract: The present invention consists of a collapsible trap for insects, particularly male and female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the trap preferably being made of card and designed for use in a domestic or commercial environment. Specifically, the present invention discloses a foldable trap for insects, particularly male and female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the trap being formed by a hollow, prismatic main body which comprises an upper cover and a lower cover. The hollow, prismatic main body also comprises a translucent window in one of the sides, the internal surface of which translucent window is impregnated with an adhesive for insects. An attractive mosquito bait is located inside the hollow main body. The mosquitoes, attracted by the bait, enter the trap through at least one curved interior conduit which is located inside the hollow main body and has an entrance in the upper cover and an exit inside the trap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Universidad Industrial de Santander
    Inventors: Luz Marina Arboleda Parra, Laura Vanessa Bueno Capacho, Héctor Julio Parra Moreno, Jonny Edward Duque Luna
  • Patent number: 10568316
    Abstract: A mobile platform structured and operable to perform: in-field phenotype and/or genotype data acquisition; image data acquisition; tissue sampling; selection and/or counting of plants growing in a plot; plant height measurement; product and treatment application to plants growing in the plot (e.g., prescriptive and localized insecticide products); sampling of soil where such plants are growing; removal of weeds in such plots; and real-time analysis of all such data and/or samples acquired/collected. Additionally, when combined with location positioning technology and path planning, such a vehicle is further structured and operable to re-enter a field numerous times throughout a season to accurately and repeatably monitor growing conditions, plant response or prescriptive application of a product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Michael Gall, Edward Carter, Haitao Xiang, Kevin Deppermann, Steven J. Baldwin, Thomas W. Christian, Susan A. Macisaac, Akash D. Nakarmi, Boyan N. Peshlov, Beiyan Zeng
  • Patent number: 10568317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to reduction of erythrocyte sedimentation rate in a blood sample. In particular, formulations, compositions, articles of manufacture, kits and methods for reduced erythrocyte sedimentation rate in a blood sample are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Biomatrica, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Desharnais, Victoria Arendt, Margrith Mattmann
  • Patent number: 10568318
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for non-cryogenic vitrification of biological materials that include the steps of providing one or more capillary channels of which a first opening is operably in contact with a moisture containing vitrification mixture made of a biological material and a vitrification agent. The capillary absorbs and transports the moisture to the second opening through capillary action, and the moisture is subsequently evaporated into a surrounding low humidity atmosphere until the vitrification mixture enters into a vitrified state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Somnio Global Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Pravansu S. Mohanty, Nilay Chakraborty
  • Patent number: 10568319
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for manufacture and use of pesticides or agricultural spray adjuvants that counteracts the effects of hard water cat ions on anionic pesticides when applied in water spray solutions. The disclosed agricultural spray adjuvants include glyphosate compositions comprising a strong mineral acid, such as sulfuric acid, and a polyamine surfactant, such as tallow amine or coco amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: AGQUAM R&D, LLC
    Inventor: Scott K. Parrish
  • Patent number: 10568320
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for using the insect neuromodulator tyramine and/or one or more derivatives thereof delivered to insect populations to control certain aspects of such populations. The amount of tyramine and/or one or more derivatives thereof delivered on a per insect basis is significantly greater than a naturally-occurring amount of tyramine normally found in insects and causes deleterious effects including mortality of certain insect life forms and disruption of the reproductive capacity of others in the population.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Foresight Science & Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Robert K. Vander Meer, Satya P. Chinta
  • Patent number: 10568321
    Abstract: A disinfecting composition comprising a quaternary ammonium acid compound and hydrogen peroxide is disclosed. An embodiment of the composition comprises a quaternary ammonium acid compound in a hydrogen peroxide/water solution. In addition, the composition can further comprise an acid. In addition, the composition does not comprise a cationic polymer. The disclosure also provides methods of using the same to kill or inhibit the growth of microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, mildew, and mold. The disclosure also provides for methods of disinfecting a substrate, preferably a hard surface, comprising applying a disinfecting composition of the invention to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: LONZA INC.
    Inventors: Marcus Bentley, Andrew Colurciello, Danuel Brown
  • Patent number: 10568322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions including medium chain peroxycarboxylic acid, methods for making these compositions, and methods for reducing the population of a microorganism. The compositions can include advantageously high levels of the medium chain peroxycarboxylic acid, can be readily made, and/or can exhibit reduced odor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Victor F. Man, Joshua P. Magnuson, Steven E. Lentsch
  • Patent number: 10568323
    Abstract: A treatment device for a beehive includes a strip having at least one layer. The at least one layer is formed from a biodegradable material permeable to water, such as paper. At least one layer is saturated with a treatment fluid. A reinforcement or join is provided to or adjacent each longitudinal edge of the strip, to protect and/or reinforce the longitudinal edges to mechanically resist attack by bees in the hive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: P J Staples Limited
    Inventor: Phillip John Haycock
  • Patent number: 10568324
    Abstract: Coloring of fruits is promoted by applying a one or more the amino acids leucine, isoleucine, and/or phenylalanine, in combination with abscisic acid to a fruit plant, such as those of the genus Vitaceae or Rosaceae. The amino acid(s) and abscisic acid may be present in a solution(s) having concentrations of 0.2 mM to 100 mM and 0.1 ?M to 10 mM, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yang Chen, Daisuke Igarashi, Shunji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10568325
    Abstract: Food processing equipment, food contact surfaces, and non-food contact surfaces are sanitized or disinfected using an acid-anionic surfactant solution that has efficacy in hard water, is non-corrosive, and is stable at elevated temperatures. The sanitizing/disinfecting solution is prepared as a highly concentrated liquid and diluted to end use concentrations prior to application to food processing equipment or food or non-food contact surfaces. Efficacy in hard water is important for sanitizers and disinfectants that are diluted by the end user using potentially hard water. Stability at elevated temperatures is important for long-term storage and transportation. The diluted sanitizing/disinfecting solution exhibits strong antimicrobial activity against gram positive and gram negative bacteria even when diluted in hard water. The sanitizing/disinfecting solution exhibits low toxicity to humans and the environment since it is prepared from low toxicity ingredients that are readily biodegradable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: ProNatural Brands, LLC
    Inventors: William Salminen, Gary Russotti, Richard Aab, Robert Tuchrelo, Jeffrey Cahoon
  • Patent number: 10568326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 5-substituted imidazolylmethyl derivatives, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising these compounds, 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 as plant growth regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Sebastian Hoffmann, Hendrik Helmke, Peter Dahmen, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, David Bernier, Ricarda Miller, Pierre-Yves Coqueron, Pierre Genix, Sven Wittrock, Jean-Pierre Vors, Philippe Kennel, Stephane Brunet, Sebastien Naud, Ruth Meissner
  • Patent number: 10568327
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling dollar spot on turfgrass, in particular low to moderate disease pressure, using a fungicidally effective non-phytotoxic amount of (A) chlorothalonil and (B) acibenzolar-s-methyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: John Robert James, Michael Agnew
  • Patent number: 10568328
    Abstract: Provided are novel compositions for use to herbicide activity. Specifically, the present application describes methods and compositions that modulate the expression of a plastid protein import system of a plant. Also provided are combinations of compositions and methods that enhance weed control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: John J. Finnessy, Santiago X. Navarro, Robert Douglas Sammons, Nengbing Tao
  • Patent number: 10568329
    Abstract: A synergistic insecticidal composition comprising two components: (A) at least one carbamate insecticide and (B) at least one pyrethroid insecticide is provided. There is also provided a process for preparing the insecticidal composition. A method to prevent, control and/or treat insect infestations in plants, plant parts and/or their surroundings by applying the synergistic insecticidal composition comprising the two components (A) and (B) is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: ROTAM AGROCHEM INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: James Timothy Bristow
  • Patent number: 10568330
    Abstract: A baking pan for cooking a plurality of cupcakes or muffins is provided, the pan including a first portion and a second portion separable from the first, where the first portion represents a form for at least half of the sidewalls of the cupcakes or muffins, and where the second portion represents a form for at least part of the sidewalls not formed by the first portion and for the bottoms of the cupcakes or muffins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Marvin Levy
  • Patent number: 10568331
    Abstract: To allow simplification of the operating mechanism for automatic charging of auxiliary material, thus enabling compactization/simplification of the automatic bread making machine as well as increased readiness of its cleaning. An auxiliary material accommodating container detachably attachable to an automatic bread making machine. The container includes a base body 31, a first accommodating section 31a, a second accommodating section 31b, a first opening/closing member (a lid member 32 and a frame member 33) and a second opening/closing member (a yeast lid member 34). The first accommodating section 31a and the second accommodating section 31b accommodate auxiliary materials to be charged to bread. The first opening/closing member is pivotable relative to the base body 31 about a pivot axis G to open/close the first accommodating section 31a. The second opening/closing member is pivotable relative to the base body 31 about the pivot axis G to open/close the second accommodating section 31b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Zojirushi Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihiro Kawano, Takuya Ishii
  • Patent number: 10568332
    Abstract: A dough line, comprising at least one conveyor for transporting elongated dough pieces in a direction of conveyance, a first and a second contact surface extending in the direction of conveyance arranged above the conveyor that curls up a dough piece conveyed underneath into a cylindrical shape, and a moulding unit for moulding the curled up dough piece, compressing the dough piece in an axial direction, wherein the first contact surface is configured for exerting a force onto a leading edge of the dough piece with at least a component in a direction opposite to the direction of conveyance and subsequently curling up the dough piece over a part of its length, and the second contact surface is configured for engaging the dough piece at an outer lateral surface of the part already curled up by the first contact surface substantially tangentially with respect to the direction of conveyance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Radie B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Josephus Antonius Van Blokland
  • Patent number: 10568333
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of processing meat. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of processing meat to enhance moisture retention and flavor during storage and cooking by infusing the meat with an aqueous composition containing salt and sodium carbonate at a pH in the range of from 10.1 to 11.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: QST INGREDIENTS AND PACKAGING, INC.
    Inventor: Chris Topps
  • Patent number: 10568334
    Abstract: A method for preparing frozen or refrigerated fried eggs from whole, fresh eggs, the method comprising: breaking whole, fresh eggs (1) into a support (3) impregnated with edible fat; introducing the support (3) carrying the broken whole fresh eggs (2) into an oven (4) comprising ventilation means; heating the oven until the inner part of the yolk of the broken whole fresh eggs reaches a temperature of 65 to 73° C.; taking said support carrying the eggs out of the oven, wherein said eggs are fried eggs; cooling the fried eggs for reducing their residual heat in order to prevent the inner part of the yolk to exceed 73° C.; freezing or refrigerating the cooled fried eggs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: INNOVATION FOODS 360 S.L.
    Inventor: Francisco Javier Yzuel Sanz
  • Patent number: 10568335
    Abstract: Disclosed are processes for reducing the cooked flavor, sulfur odor, and brown color of milk products that have been subjected to ultra-high temperature (UHT) sterilization via the UHT sterilization of certain milk fractions separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: fairlife, LLC
    Inventors: Shakeel Ur-Rehman, Brandon Kopesky, Scott Backinoff, Timothy Peter Doelman, Calvin White
  • Patent number: 10568336
    Abstract: A yogurt maker device comprises an outer shell to house a yogurt vessel that receives milk and a culture container that receives yogurt culture. A processor within the outer shell controls a heating element to boil milk within the yogurt vessel using a temperature sensor as feedback and for maintaining a predefined boiling temperature for a predefined period of boiling time and a stirring device to continuously stir boiling milk within the yogurt vessel while boiling and also while cooling to a cooling predefined temperature until fermentation temperature is reached. The processor also controls a culture container base holding the culture container and having a motor to automatically pour the yogurt culture when the fermentation temperature is reached. Finally, a cooling mechanism automatically provides cooling to contents of the yogurt vessel once fermentation is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: JOGURT, LLC
    Inventors: Prashant Choudhary, Suresh Chandrasekaran
  • Patent number: 10568337
    Abstract: A method of maintaining the liquidity of coconut oil (i.e. organic virgin) at room temperature (76° F.) and below, while reducing the coconut taste, and significantly increasing the fat burning/ketone producing property by combining coconut oil (i.e. organic virgin) with medium chain triglycerides (MCT) in predetermined specific ratios, that includes the step of heating the coconut oil to a prescribed temperature for approximately 24 hours (or until liquidity is achieved) and then mixing the liquefied coconut oil with a specified ratio of MCT oil. The resultant composition is a neutral tasting, fat burning/ketone producing oil that remains a liquid at room temperature 76° F. (and below) for use in cooking and foodstuffs such as a salad dressing. In an alternate embodiment, an additional amount of olive oil (i.e. organic extra-virgin) or an omega-3 based oil can be added to further reduce the coconut flavor and enhance the health benefits of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventors: Jayson Calton, Mira Calton
  • Patent number: 10568338
    Abstract: A process for preparing an orally-enjoyable film of encapsulated plant material includes combining particles of finely divided plant material, a first coating material, and a second coating material, then inducing gelation to form a gel matrix of the particles coated with the first coating material embedded in the second coating material, followed by forming a film from the gel matrix. Also disclosed is a film of coated particles of finely-divided plant material, made of a gel matrix of plant material at least partially surrounded by a first coating material and embedded in a second coating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Tapashi Sengupta, Munmaya K. Mishra, William R. Sweeney
  • Patent number: 10568339
    Abstract: Methods and/or processes for obtaining coffee extracts and/or processing coffee beans. In certain embodiments, improved methods and/or processes for producing desirable and usable extracts from coffee beans which can be used for instant coffee type powders or liquids, for example. In certain other embodiments, improved coffee extraction techniques which permit or allow retainment or capture of desirable levels of aroma products and/or bio-actives from coffee beans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: ZUERCHER HOCHSCHULE FUER ANGEWANDTE WISSENSCHAFTEN
    Inventors: Tilo Hühn, Roland Laux
  • Patent number: 10568340
    Abstract: A sugar coating or glaze with reducing sugars greater than about 16.5% and a viscosity ranging between 170 and 650 cP is applied onto an uncooked dough product during a continuous process in the production of baked snack foods. The sugar coating has a pH of between about 1.7-3.3. The glaze maintains its form as a liquid free of solids at room temperatures despite the presence of sugars over 60% refined sugars. The glaze is applied onto a dough the glazed product is then baked, forming a glazed baked snack food product having at least 5% of a smooth, shiny glaze on a surface of the snack food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: The Quaker Oats Company
    Inventors: Catalina Maria Velez Argumedo, Sofia Leticia Fernandez Gomez, Beatriz Elena De la Pena Lavalle
  • Patent number: 10568341
    Abstract: There is provided a formula for creating a low carbohydrate value sugar fondant comprising: at least 50% by weight Erythritol, up to 30% by weight monosaccharide; and up to 5% by weight gelling agent, the fondant is used for pastry decorating and is flexible and stretchy and may be shaped and reshaped many times, and the formula has a caloric value of maximum 150 per 100 grams so that the blood sugar level is barely affected upon consuming the fondant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: D.Y. Seligman Consulting Ltd.
    Inventor: Judith Seligman
  • Patent number: 10568342
    Abstract: A frozen food temperature adjusting apparatus includes a setting mechanism in which a temperature adjustment object is placed; a heat exchanging/pressing mechanism which exchanges heat with the temperature adjustment object placed in the setting mechanism while pressing the temperature adjustment object; and a serving mechanism which receives the temperature-adjusted temperature adjustment object and serves the temperature-adjusted temperature adjustment object in a predetermined container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: LOTTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Arao, Takeyuki Fujimatsu, Naoya Akiyama
  • Patent number: 10568343
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to methods and systems for purifying proteins and carbohydrate rich products from photosynthetic aquatic species and compositions thereof. For example, one embodiment of the present disclosure relates to methods and systems for purifying proteins the present disclosure relates, in some embodiments to methods and systems for extracting proteins, dry biocrude, and carbohydrate-rich meal from Lemna. In some embodiments, a method of treating a biomass comprising a microcrop (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Parabel Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Sherlock, Harvey Weaver, Ebenezer Ifeduba, Paul Antalik
  • Patent number: 10568344
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of improving animal performance using animal feed comprising microbial polypeptides having lysozyme activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Raffaella Aureli, Estefania Perez Calvo, Rual Lopez Ulibarri, Dorthe Hoej Sandvang, Juliane Charlotte Gregaard Thoegersen, Peter Bjarke Olsen, Preben Nielsen, Marianne Thorup Cohn
  • Patent number: 10568345
    Abstract: To provide a bottled carbonated drink containing indigestible dextrin, capable of reducing exuding of a dissolved carbon dioxide. The bottled carbonated drink containing indigestible dextrin, including a caramel pigment and a high-intensity sweetener is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: KIRIN BEVERAGE COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideyuki Wakabayashi, Yuko Yotsumoto, Hiroyuki Naganuma, Kenichiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10568346
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a powdered porous product from at least one starting powdery and/or viscous product, characterised in that it comprises the continuous following steps without exposing the product to open air: a) preparing the starting product in order to make it viscous; b) in a thermo-mechanical machine (10) for continuously realising transport and/or mixing functions of viscous products or dry-material rich products, lowering the viscosity of the viscous product without changing its dry-material content, by intimate mixing with a gas injected into the processing machine (10) and simultaneously initiating the porosity in the viscous product; c) continuously with the processing machine (10), statically or dynamically intensifying the intimate mixture of the viscous product with a gas in order to obtain an aerated and porous mass; and d), dividing said mass in order to obtain aerated and porous particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: CLEXTRAL
    Inventors: Daniel Durand, Jean-Marie Bouvier, Gilles Maller, Scott Maxwell, Stewart Stevenson, Steven Roberts, Alain Brisset
  • Patent number: 10568347
    Abstract: To provide a bottled carbonated drink including a sweetener and a caramel composition, wherein the drink contains an indigestible dextrin and the amount of 4-methylimidazole in the drink is less than 200 ppb. The drink is a bottled carbonated drink of which foam is stabilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KIRIN BEVERAGE KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Naganuma, Kenichiro Yamamoto, Yuko Yotsumoto, Hideyuki Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10568348
    Abstract: Methods for producing brewed beverages include brewing the beverage, degassing the beverage prior to storing the beverage in a sealed container, and freezing the beverage. A frozen brewed beverage is configured to be reheated prior to consumption and does not require reconstituting. A brewed beverage is in a sealed container, has a dissolved oxygen content less than about 2 ppm, is configured to be reheated prior to consumption, and does not require reconstituting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Charles D. MacPherson
  • Patent number: 10568349
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising RS4 resistant starch. The compositions of the present invention are for use in preparing textured crumb products via high pressure short time (HPST) extrusion for coating frozen and refrigerated food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventors: Joachim N. C. Baur, Kenneth S. Darley, Luke P. Hazlett, John P. Kallo, Nilesh C. Patel
  • Patent number: 10568350
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to refresh food pieces. Food pieces (such as potato chips, etc.) can become stale when exposed to moisture for periods of time. An apparatus includes a heater and a blower which generate hot air blown into a connected container. Thus, the food pieces are rejuvenated when exposed to streams of hot air and can become “unstale” therefore ready for eating. A control on a base of the apparatus can separately control both the heater and the blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: JBC Cpital, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Cohen, Scott Curry
  • Patent number: 10568351
    Abstract: The invention describes sweetening compositions and methods to prepare sweetening compositions containing steviol glycosides, salts, and other natural or synthetic sweeteners with improved solubilities and sensory profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Sweet Green Fields USA LLC
    Inventors: Mel Clinton Jackson, Samuel Mel Jackson, Dean Edward Francis
  • Patent number: 10568352
    Abstract: The disclosure provides nutritional compositions including a blend of amino acids and polyphenols. These nutritional compositions find use, for example, in treating and preventing EMS and laminitis in equines, as well as generally promoting animal health.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Wiser Concepts, LLC
    Inventor: Delia Nash
  • Patent number: 10568353
    Abstract: A system for hard-shelled nut cracking and nut meat extraction having a substantially hollow main housing, a hopper contained in the upper section of the housing, a concentric cylindrical rotor housing in the midsection of the main housing lined with a series of protrusions on the inner walls, a frustoconical shaped rotor, the rotor made up of elongate edged rods evenly spaced to have short rectangular shaped rods fixed in between the interstitials at a lower side of the rotor, the rotor is driven by a motor at the lower section of the main housing that connects to a gearbox which further connects to a vertical drive shaft that translates rotation to the rotor, the rotor and inner wall protrusions of the rotor housing are used for the cracking and meat extraction of hard-shelled nuts which are ejected from the midsection of the main housing to the collection tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Carleton Dailey
  • Patent number: 10568354
    Abstract: A method of making a three-dimensional tobacco object comprises providing tobacco dust comprising tobacco particles having an average particle size of from about 100 micrometres to about 400 micrometres; preparing an aqueous slurry containing the tobacco dust; supplying the slurry to a print head of an additive manufacturing system; and dispensing the slurry by means of the print head to form successive layers of the tobacco object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Robert Emmett
  • Patent number: 10568355
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco pastille configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco pastille can include (i) a tobacco material present in an amount of less than about 40 dry weight percent, based on the total dry weight of the pastille; (ii) at least one natural gum binder present in an amount of at least about 25 dry weight percent; and (iii) a plurality of sugar alcohols present in a total amount of at least about 40 dry weight percent, the predominant component of the plurality of sugar alcohols being isomalt or erythritol, wherein the shape of the smokeless tobacco pastille is moldable in the oral cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Marshall, Daniel Verdin Cantrell, Serban C. Moldoveanu
  • Patent number: 10568356
    Abstract: Improved delivery of additive materials to cigarettes is provided through the use of one or more capsules containing additive materials, such as flavor components, in the filter section of a cigarette. The sealed capsule or capsules are subjected to an external force, such as squeezing, by a smoker prior to or during smoking of the cigarette in order to release at least a portion of the additive material from the one or more capsules and expose the additive material to mainstream smoke passing through the filter. The sealed capsules provide a barrier between the additive materials and other cigarettes components, such as sorbents or filter materials, in order to reduce additive material migration into the other cigarette components prior to desired use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Georgios Karles, Martin Garthaffner, Richard Jupe, Diane Kellogg, Ila Skinner, Jose Nepomuceno, John Layman, Constance Morgan, Jay A. Fournier