Patents
US 8420140 B2: Galvanic package for fruits and vegetables and preservation method
- Granted
- 2013-04-16
- Filed
- 2010-09-15 application 12882437
- Type
- Utility · 30 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A package for fruits and vegetables having galvanic functionality is formed by using two or more metals with different galvanic activity properties on the surface of a nonmetallic substrate. The metals may be deposited electrolytically, by vacuum, autocatalytically, or by other methods. The metals are selected to create a galvanic reaction after the package is filled with a low pH food product and its associated liquids, juices, brine, etc. The package may extend the shelf-life of the food product contained therein, for example, by making metal ions available to the food product.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg130416.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Monte Corporation 16 patents | US company or organization | San Francisco, CA | DEL MONTE CORPORATION State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state DEL MONTE CORP SEC filer FUZZY low confidence: same name (legal endings aside), one of each nationally | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karim Nafisi-Movaghar | Walnut Creek, CA | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Loren L. Druz | Clayton, CA | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A23B | Preservation of foods, foodstuffs or non-alcoholic beverages; chemical ripening of fruit or vegetables | A23B7/015 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B65B | Machines, apparatus or devices for, or methods of, packaging articles or materials; unpacking | B65B7/16 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B65D | Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials, e.g. bags, barrels, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, jars, tanks, hoppers, forwarding containers; accessories, closures, or fittings therefor; packaging elements; packages | B65D51/244 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| C23C | Coating metallic material; coating material with metallic material; surface treatment of metallic material by diffusion into the surface, by chemical conversion or substitution; coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering, by ion implantation or by chemical vapour deposition, in general | C23C4/134 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| C25D | Processes for the electrolytic or electrophoretic production of coatings; electroforming; apparatus therefor | C25D5/56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-16 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT signed 2025-04-15 | DEL MONTE FOODS, INC. WALNUT CREEK, CA | 70859/619 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2024-08-06 | Release of security interest Termination and release of security interest in patent rights | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. signed 2024-08-02 | DEL MONTE FOODS, INC. WALNUT CREEK, CA | 68364/695 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2022-05-27 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT signed 2022-05-16 | DEL MONTE FOODS, INC. WALNUT CREEK, CA | 60033/753 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2022-05-27 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | DEL MONTE FOODS, INC. signed 2022-05-16 | GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 60033/741 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2020-05-26 | Security interest Security interest Patent security agreement | DEL MONTE FOODS, INC. signed 2020-05-15 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT CHICAGO, IL | 52755/602 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2020-05-26 | Security interest Security interest Patent security agreement | DEL MONTE FOODS, INC. signed 2020-05-15 | UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 52755/595 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2020-05-15 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | CITIBANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT signed 2020-05-15 | DEL MONTE FOODS, INC. WALNUT CREEK, CA | 52675/588 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2020-05-15 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | CITIBANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT signed 2020-05-15 | DEL MONTE FOODS, INC. WALNUT CREEK, CA | 52675/357 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2020-05-15 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | CITIBANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT signed 2020-05-15 | DEL MONTE FOODS, INC. WALNUT CREEK, CA | 52675/72 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2014-02-28 | Security interest Security interest Patent collateral agreement - second lien | DEL MONTE FOODS, INC. signed 2014-02-18 | CITIBANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 32367/832 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2014-02-28 | Security interest Security interest Patent collateral agreement - first lien | DEL MONTE FOODS, INC. signed 2014-02-18 | CITIBANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 32367/637 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2014-02-28 | Security interest Security interest Patent collateral agreement - abl | DEL MONTE FOODS, INC. signed 2014-02-18 | CITIBANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 32367/524 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2014-02-25 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. signed 2014-02-18 | DEL MONTE CORPORATION SAN DIEGO, CA | 32295/90 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2014-02-25 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. signed 2014-02-18 | DEL MONTE CORPORATION SAN FRANCISCO, CA | 32295/19 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2014-02-21 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | DEL MONTE CORPORATION signed 2014-02-18 | DEL MONTE FOODS, INC. SAN FRANCISCO, CA | 32266/363 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2011-04-08 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | DEL MONTE CORPORATION signed 2011-03-08 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 26100/771 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2011-03-28 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | DEL MONTE CORPORATION signed 2011-03-08 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. SAN FRANCISCO, CA | 26029/157 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2011-02-26 | Correction Corrective assignment to correct the assignor name "loran druz" should be --loren druz-- previously recorded on reel 025761 frame 0879. assignor(s) hereby confirms the loren druz. | NAFISI-MOVAGHAR, KARIM signed 2010-09-22 DRUZ, LOREN signed 2010-09-23 | DEL MONTE CORPORATION SAN FRANCISCO, CA | 25852/867 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2010-11-16 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | NAFISI-MOVAGHAR, KARIM signed 2010-09-22 DRUZ, LORAN signed 2010-09-23 | DEL MONTE CORPORATION SAN FRANCISCO, CA | 25761/879 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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