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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5633031 | Composition and method for beverages using positively charged caramel Improved carbonated soft drinks and other beverages sweetened with aspartame and colored by caramel color are disclosed. The beverages contain positively charged caramel color as a substitute for 5-70% of the conventional caramel color used in these bever... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5597604 | Gellan gum beverage and process for making a gelled beverage A stable, pourable gelled beverage containing gellan gum. A process for preparing a gelled beverage which involves dispersing gellan gum and other beverage ingredients in solution agitating the solution, heating the solution while stirring, and concurrent... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5596084 | Alginate gels The invention is a gel comprising water, sodium ions, calcium ions, and about 0.3 and 4% alginate, wherein the ratio of sodium ions to calcium ions is between about 15:1 to about 45:1. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the alginate comprises man... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5595777 | Process for making gel-coated foods A process for preparing a gel coated food substrate comprising: a) applying an aqueous batter dispersion having sodium ion sources, calcium ion sources or a combination of sodium ion sources and calcium ion sources, to the surface of a food substrate to f... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5476961 | One-pot process for the preparation of -L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester hydrochloride A one-pot process for the preparation of -L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester hydrochloride is disclosed (-APM(HCl)). -APM(HCl) is an intermediate in the preparation of aspartame.... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5474791 | Beverages using tamarind extract and method of making such beverages Tamarind extract is used at low levels as a replacement for the phosphoric, citric or other acids conventionally found in carbonated soft drinks, flavored waters such as flavored waters, and iced teas. The resulting beverage has a higher pH, thus increasi... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5183937 | Acetic acid recovery A process for recovering acetic acid from a mother liquor containing acetic acid, formic acid, acetic anhydride and formic acetic anhydride comprising the steps of: (a) heating said mother liquor to a temperature greater than or equal to about 70° C. for... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5176928 | Reduced calorie diary mix A reduced calorie diary mix for use in frozen dairy desserts and yoghurt is made from milk and/or milk products that have been treated with a lactase/beta-galactosidose enzyme which hydrolyzes lactose to glucose and galactose. This increases sweetness, re... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5114726 | Process for preparing aspartame coated organic acid A coated consumable product and process for manufacturing such a product are disclosed. The product comprises aspartame and citric acid or malic acid made by use of a process which produces a substantially pure, dust-free, free-flowing, easily dissolvable... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5085876 | Fast dissolving sweetening agent including caramel A product which includes sweetening agent and caramel is disclosed. The product includes limited amounts of caramel and is surprisingly fast dissolving.... | 02/04/1992 |
| 4954360 | Method of inhibiting ice crystal growth in frozen foods and compositions Ice crystal growth in inhibited in frozen food products by adding a partially delignified plant fiber, a hemicellulose B or mixtures thereof to the frozen food product.... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4927654 | Water soluble bulking agents A modified hemicellulose A, hemicellulose B, modified hemicellulose A, modified hemicellulose B, or mixtures thereof are employed as water soluble bulking agents to replace the functional properties of carbohydrates or fats.... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4832148 | Method and system for measuring azimuthal anisotropy effects using acoustic multipole transducers An acoustic borehole well logging method and apparatus for measuring azimuthal anisotropy of a formation traversed by a borehole using at least one multipole transducer. In a preferred embodiment, a dipole wave transmitter and at least one detector sensit... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4768593 | Method for primary cementing a well using a drilling mud composition which may be converted to cement upon irradiation This application discloses a process for drilling and primary cementing a well using a drilling fluid containing a polymeric material which may be cemented into a well cement by irradiation with a suitable radioactive source.... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4703459 | Directional acoustic logger apparatus and method An acoustic logging apparatus and method are disclosed for determining the direction of a subsurface noise source, such as a blowout well or fluid channeling behind well casing. The apparatus comprises cylindrical piezoelectric crystal transducers process... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4676315 | Method for concentrating surfactant from a brine solution A method is disclosed for concentrating surfactant in an aqueous solution. The method comprises adding to the solution a component incompatible with the surfactant, such as a water-soluble polymer, thereby displacing the surfactant from the aqueous phase ... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4676318 | Method of reducing permeability in subterranean formation by use of alkali metal silicate foam A method of reducing the permeability of an area of a subterranean formation is disclosed. An alkali metal silicate foam is produced by injecting into the formation a solution of alkali metal silicate and a chemical surfactant, and a non-condensible gas. ... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4675604 | Computerized and motorized electromagnetic flux leakage internal diameter tubular inspection device A device for detecting defects in the bore of a tubular member. The device includes an inspection head including an electromagnet for magnetizing the internal surface of a tubular member. The device also includes a sensor or sensors to detect magnetic flu... | 06/23/1987 |
