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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7713565 | Method of preparing a foaming soluble coffee powder A process for preparing an instant beverage is provided which includes heating a dried soluble coffee under sufficient pressure thereby forcing gas into internal voids of the dried coffee. The heated dried soluble coffee is cooled and depressurized to produce a drie... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7712624 | Plastic coffee container with top load support by particulate product A rigid container for a particulate product with enhanced top load support includes an interior volume formed by a base, a surrounding wall member upstanding from the base, and an opening formed in a top. A particulate product, such as coffee, is provided in the int... | 05/11/2010 |
| D609878 | Curved cracker | 02/16/2010 |
| 7582321 | Apparatus and method for producing sandwich cookie having dissimilarly-sized base cakes A cookie cup sandwich cookie having dissimilarly-sized base cakes is continuously produced by applying a layer of filler cream to a lower base cake and applying an upper base cake to the lower base cake so that the outer periphery of the upper base cake surrounds th... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7569245 | Washed deboned meat having high protein recovery Deboned meat is subjected to processing in a surimi-type procedure in order to substantially reduce the heme content and thus the color intensity of the deboned meat, with bone marrow components and fat also being removed. When desired, the washed meat is subjected ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7534461 | Non-protein foaming compositions and methods of making the same A protein-free soluble foaming composition is provided which contains carbohydrate particles having a plurality of voids containing entrapped pressurized gas. The composition may include a surfactant and may be contained in a food product such as a beverage mix or a... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7531199 | Process for making enzyme-resistant starch for reduced-calorie flour replacer An enzyme resistant starch type III having a melting point or endothermic peak of at least about 140° C. as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is produced in yields of at least about 25% by weight, based upon the weight of the original starch ing... | 05/12/2009 |
| D587108 | Container | 02/24/2009 |
| 7439022 | Nucleic acids for detection of Isolated nucleic acids and methods for detecting nucleic acid of Listeria in a test sample are provided. The isolated nucleic acids may be incorporated into polymerase chain reactions to provide for the rapid detection of Listeria in samples. ... | 10/21/2008 |
| D573458 | Carton | 07/22/2008 |
| D572144 | Container | 07/01/2008 |
| D571976 | Food product | 07/01/2008 |
| D571662 | Container | 06/24/2008 |
| D571656 | Container | 06/24/2008 |
| D571228 | Container | 06/17/2008 |
| 7377842 | Automated extraction of casing clips from cooked meat products A method apparatus for removing a casing, particularly a casing with a clip end embedded in the product, is disclosed where the clipped end is clamped and gas is injected into this end to blow out the clip and casing end while the clamped portion prevents the entire... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377381 | Beverage holder adapters for non-cylindrical, multi-sided food containers Adapters are provided for stable holding of non-cylindrical multi-sided food containers in beverage container receptacles, and also packaged food products integrating such adapters, and container support systems including beverage receptacles and the packaged food p... | 05/27/2008 |
| D569733 | Bottle | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374047 | Adjustable shipper display system An adjustable shipper display system includes a master shell having side walls with mounting positions. A plurality of tray-like shelves are supported at each end at the mounting positions. Fillers are insertable along the shelves to divide the shelves into compartm... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371008 | Tamper-indicating resealable closure A tamper indicating, resealable closure for a package includes first and second film layers releasably adhesively joined together such that the first and second film layers are at least partially separable when the second film layer is pulled away from the first fil... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371419 | Method of enriching glucoraphanin in radish seed preparations The present invention relates to chemoprotective compounds and a method for producing chemoprotectant precursor-enriched extracts from crucifer seeds. More particularly, a method is provided for producing chemoprotectant precursor-enriched extracts from radish seeds... | 05/13/2008 |
| D568164 | Bottle | 05/06/2008 |
| 7350688 | Resealable food container A container for a food product includes a wrapper which surrounds a frame. The container can be any polygonal shape which is defined by the shape of the frame. The wrapper forms a top of the container which has an access opening. A sealing cover is adhesively sealed... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344744 | Resealable food container with tamper-evident indicator A container for a food product includes a wrapper which surround a polygonal frame. The wrapper forms a top of the container and has an access opening. A sealing label, adhesively sealed to the top around the opening, is resealable when a tab of the sealing label is... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7332189 | Process and apparatus for forming a wave chip product Thin snack chips having a curved or wave shape are obtained by forming, shaping or curling baked chips into a curved or wave configuration before they become too cold and rigid so as to result in breakage during forming. The essentially flat, malleable baked chips, ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329428 | Process for manufacture of aerated confections with dry blend of sugar and gelatin The typically employed step of separately hydrating gelatin in warm water for the preparation of aerated, gelatin-containing confections such as marshmallow is replaced by hydrating a dry blend of sucrose and gelatin in cold water prior to heating. The marshmallow p... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329424 | Process for manufacturing cheeses and other dairy products and products thereof Process for manufacturing cheeses and other dairy products, and the resulting products, in which lactobionic acid is added, or generated in situ, in combination with a dairy component in the course of the process. The lactobionic acid can be used as the sole acidule... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323204 | Stabilization of fresh mozzarella cheese using fermented whey The invention is directed to a fermented and clarified nisin-containing whey and a method of making that can be used to produce a stabilized food product by adding, for example, to the pack water of fresh mozzarella cheese. The resulting stabilized food product reta... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320573 | Method for packaging articles having varying thicknesses A system for continuously packaging or sorting fragile articles having varying thicknesses in a stack includes a plurality of proportional shifters coupled to each of a plurality of stripping devices in an article infeed assembly. Each proportional shifter has an ar... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320103 | Diagnostic data gathering apparatus and method Process data and video data as pertains to the operation of an item of equipment is received and temporarily captured and stored in a rolling window that includes a plurality of different points in time. Upon detecting a predetermined operating condition of interest... | 01/15/2008 |
| D559007 | Food kiosk | 01/08/2008 |
| D558602 | Sleeve for containers | 01/01/2008 |
| D558581 | BOTTLE | 01/01/2008 |
| 7306370 | Shrouded flexible packages A shrouded flexible package is provided with an improved continuous laser score line. The score line has end portions adjacent the side seals of the package, which are located above fastener tracks which are enclosed by a shroud portion of the package. The score lin... | 12/11/2007 |
| D556593 | Bottle | 12/04/2007 |
| D556047 | Bottle | 11/27/2007 |
| D556046 | Bottle | 11/27/2007 |
| D555493 | Bottle | 11/20/2007 |
| D555491 | Bottle | 11/20/2007 |
| D553010 | Food container | 10/16/2007 |