...that Thomas Edison's patent application on his phonograph was approved by the Patent Office in just seven weeks? In contrast, it took Gordon Gould, the inventor of the laser, 30 years to obtain his patent -- finally awarded in 1988!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8124151 | Method and device for the production of edibles comprising an outer shell A method for producing edibles comprising an outer shell from a mass which is fed into a mold. A tempered male die is dipped into the mold, a process during which an excess amount of the mass overflows an edge of the mold. The excess mass is separated form the shell... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8092849 | Baking mould A baking apparatus or tin, particularly for baking bread, comprising an outer housing able to accommodate a first dough, and one or more insertable, separable sleeves able to accommodate at least a second dough. ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7339136 | Bread impaling cooking utensil The present invention features a cooking utensil for creating an elongated cavity in a bread item, wherein a meat item may be inserted. The cooking utensil comprises a bread-impaling spike supported by and extending from a base member, wherein the bread-impaling spi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7073965 | Multi composition stick product and a process and system for manufacturing same A multi-composition stick product, such as a lip balm, sun screen, deodorant, or glue stick. The multi-composition stick product including a stick composition molded in the container so as to contact the walls thereof and be advanceable or ejected therefrom. The sti... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7008655 | Process for making a baked cup shaped food product A process for manufacturing a food product, a food product produced thereby and a plant for production of the food product. The food product may have a generally truncated cone shape which allows the product to be stood on its base. The baking mixture is inserted in... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6733633 | Pull-on leader A leader which is used to pull a seamable papermaker's fabric onto a paper machine comprising a ravel area for securing pull ropes or cables thereto. ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6592923 | System and method for molding a snack chip The system and method for molding a shaped snack chip use various components to form chips having depth such as a bowl-shaped tortilla chip. Essentially flat chip preforms are fed to a series of molds disposed about a mold conveyor. The preforms are then ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6165527 | Bagel making machine and associated method A machine for making a food product includes a cooking apparatus for cooking an aliquot of dough disposed in a predetermined shape about a cooking member made of a material which has a chemical composition essentially impervious to cooking temperatures. T... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5962055 | Preparation of edible food product cups containing a filling Edible cups containing an edible filling are prepared by extrusion-cooking ingredients which include a cereal ingredient and extruding an extrusion-cooked product strip, passing the product strip to a heated pressing device for hot-pressing the product st... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5902621 | Forming articles of fat-containing confectionery material including chocolate Shaped articles of fat-containing confectionery material are formed by extruding a fat-based confectionery material under pressure so that it passes to and through a flow-constriction and a die so that the material subjected to extrusion and the extrudate... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5897900 | Edible bun having a compartmented central recess An edible bun having a substantially elongated configuration. The bun has a base wall, a pair of integrally extending side walls and a pair of integrally extending end walls. The base walls, the side walls and the end walls define an open top food receivi... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5843512 | Preparation of chocolate-coated frozen confectionary articles A confectionery article is prepared which has a shell of chocolate wherein chocolate having a temperature greater than 35° C. is poured into an aluminum alloy lost-wax-cast-mold having a temperature of not above -10° C. to form a shell, and a remainder ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5807599 | Method of making a dough product using flexible cooking member and product therefrom A method for making a food product utilizes an aliquot of dough disposed in a predetermined shape about a cooking member made of a material which has a chemical composition essentially impervious to cooking temperatures. The dough is cooked, e.g., boiled ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5635230 | Method and apparatus for producing shells of fat-containing, masses and food articles produced thereby A method and a system for the production of shells of fat-containing, chocolate-like masses. A cooling member (1) having a temperature below 0° C. is immersed in a predosed mass in a mould cavity (2). The cooling member (1) comprises protruding, peripher... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5622742 | Method of making stuffed pizzas and/or stuffed sandwiches A baking pan and method of use for baking plural stuffed pizzas and/or plural stuffed sandwiches therein. Each of the pizzas and/or sandwiches includes a dough shell and a stuffing within the shell. The pan basically comprises a base panel and four caviti... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5518746 | Method of making composite food product An indented, invertable food pan may be used to produce combinable halves of a sturdy composite food product. The food pan has an open end, a closed end and an end wall. At the closed end, the end wall has at least one indentation partially or completely ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5500178 | Method of manufacturing hollow molded articles A method of manufacturing hollow molded articles having a beautiful surface at a low cost and by a simple and efficient process includes providing a hollow elastic molding die made of an elastic film and having an opening port, feeding a material to be mo... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5462757 | Method for manufacturing tartshells A method of manufacturing tart shells uses a manually operated hinged die and press arrangement in which the die is shaped with a female receptacle for receiving a foil tart case and the press has a male portion for compressing dough into the tart case an... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5417989 | Method for making bialys Applicants have devised a new and improved method of making bialys that reduces the cost of production by eliminating the relatively expensive step of shaping each piece of dough manually and also insures greater uniformity in the shape of the bialys. Aft... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5306513 | Cones formed from roll dough A baked edible cone which has a water content of from about 3.0 wt. % to about 10.0 wt. %, and which has the appearance, texture, taste, and consistency of a cookie. The cone may contain an effective water-binding or water-retaining amount of a water-bind... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5279842 | Confection filled gasified caramel and process for obtaining the same A process for obtaining a confection filled with gasified caramel in which the initial caramel mass is at a temperature between about 90 and 150° C. and at a degree of moisture below equilibrium moisture of the resulting gasified caramel. After adding es... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5246721 | Method and apparatus for forming a food article An apparatus and method is provided for forming a food article having a spheroidal shell with a filling. The apparatus includes a female mold body with a cavity which has walls that define the bottom and lateral shape of the spheroidal shell. A plurality ... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5102672 | Apparatus for forming an interior chocolate layer on an ice-cream cone An apparatus for forming a layer of chocolate on the interior surface of an ice-cream having a cone-shaped mold that is interiorly-cooled by ice-water provided thereto from a bucket, or other source, of ice-water. For forming an interior chocolate coating... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5064666 | Apparatus for forming an interior chocolate layer on an ice-cream cone An apparatus for forming a layer of chocolate on the interior surface of an ice-cream having a cone-shaped mold that is interiorly-cooled by ice-water provided thereto from a bucket, or other source, of ice-water. For forming an interior chocolate coating... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5000084 | Baking appliance A baking apparatus with a plurality of spaced-apart female molds, and a co-acting top tray provided with and equal plurality of hollow spikes adapted to extend downwardly into the female molds which produce an elongated cavity in a bread roll baked in the... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4966781 | Method of making a food product This invention relates to a food product in the nature of pizza in which meat and condiments in a dough shell or casing are secured to a stick-like handle, and in particular to the method of preparing such an edible product by forming and cooking in a for... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4911634 | Culinary apparatus A culinary template for use with a pan and a culinary substrate. The culinary template has a collar having a contact portion which defines a first plane. A wall extends down from the collar. The wall has a substrate indenting edge, which defines a second ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4725444 | Method of making buns or like products produced from dough A method of making a bun or like edible product produced from dough includes placing dough in a mold having an outer peripheral wall defining the outer periphery of a bun to be baked, a flat bottom wall extending inwardly from the outer peripheral wall, a... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4574088 | Method for producing multiple food turnovers A device for producing multiple food turnovers, such as ravioli, pirozhki, and similar food products made from dough with filling, comprises a female die (10) with a plurality of cavities (14) for forming individual products, and a male die (24) with a pl... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4303690 | Process for manufacturing thin-walled, hollow pastry articles A process for manufacturing hollow, thin-walled pastry articles, particularly cone shaped waffles, wherein a kneadable, firm dough body is conveyed to a plurality of baking molds of a cone baking apparatus, each baking mold consisting of a matrix and a pa... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4251554 | Edible food container and mold for forming same An edible food container (10) and mold (22) for making the same. The edible food container (10) is cylindrically contoured and extends in a longitudinal direction having a cylindrical food cavity formed therein. An end section (16) of edible food containe... | 02/17/1981 |