Patents
US 11596155 B2: Method for manufacturing a food product, a food product produced by a food product manufacturing system, and food product manufacturing system
- Granted
- 2023-03-07
- Filed
- 2016-12-15 application 15380538
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a food product includes depositing a first foodstuff; transporting the first foodstuff in a first driven direction; depositing a second foodstuff upon a portion of an upper surface of the first foodstuff; transporting the first foodstuff with the second foodstuff deposited thereupon in the first driven direction; separating the first foodstuff with the second foodstuff metered thereupon into a plurality of sheet segments; serially transporting each sheet segment of the plurality of sheet segments from the first driven direction to a second driven direction that is transverse to the first driven direction; compressing the serially transported sheet segments for forming a plurality of thickness segments including the first foodstuff and the second foodstuff that define an elongated, food product body; separating the elongated, food product body into a plurality of food product body units; and finishing the plurality of food product body units.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg230307.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KELLOGG COMPANY 110 patents | US company or organization | Battle Creek, MI | KELLOGG COMPANY Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helbert David Almeida Dominguez | Battle Creek, MI | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Stephen Vanos | Battle Creek, MI | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A21D | Treatment of flour or dough for baking, e.g. by addition of materials; baking; bakery products | A21D13/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A21C | Machines or equipment for making or processing doughs; handling baked articles made from dough | A21C3/024 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A23P | Shaping or working of foodstuffs, not fully covered by a single other subclass | A23P20/20 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-11 | Name change Change of name | KELLOGG COMPANY signed 2023-09-29 | KELLANOVA BATTLE CREEK, MI | 68283/595 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2017-01-20 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ALMEIDA DOMINGUEZ, HELBERT DAVID signed 2017-01-05 VANOS, STEPHEN signed 2017-01-05 | KELLOGG COMPANY BATTLE CREEK, MI | 41022/615 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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