Patents by Inventor Anahita Foroutanaliabad

Anahita Foroutanaliabad has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods for splitting pistachio nuts
    Patent number: 7695750
    Abstract: The present invention discloses methods for artificially splitting nuts in a manner that ensures that the nuts split in the same manner as naturally split nuts. The methods include placing a batch of closed-shell nuts into a water filled vessel, sealing it, and reducing the pressure inside the vessel by removing air. This also causes air to be removed from inside the nuts. The air pressure in the vessel is then normalized, causing the air removed from the nuts to be replaced with water from the vessel. The nuts are then promptly transferred from the vessel and exposed to forces that cause the water inside the nuts to rapidly expand, creating internal pressure that forces the shells to split open along the longitudinal suture of the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Inventors: Ahmad Foroutanaliabad, Anahita Foroutanaliabad
  • Methods for splitting pistachio nuts
    Patent number: 7357952
    Abstract: The present invention discloses methods for artificially splitting nuts in a manner that ensures that the nuts split in the same manner as naturally split nuts. The methods include placing a batch of closed-shell nuts into a water filled vessel, sealing it, and reducing the pressure inside the vessel by removing air. This also causes air to be removed from inside the nuts. The air pressure in the vessel is then normalized, causing the air removed from the nuts to be replaced with water from the vessel. The nuts are then promptly transferred from the vessel and exposed to forces that cause the water inside the nuts to rapidly expand, creating internal pressure that forces the shells to split open along the longitudinal suture of the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Inventors: Ahmad Foroutanaliabad, Anahita Foroutanaliabad
  • Methods for splitting pistachio nuts
    Publication number: 20080020108
    Abstract: The present invention discloses methods for artificially splitting nuts in a manner that ensures that the nuts split in the same manner as naturally split nuts. The methods include placing a batch of closed-shell nuts into a water filled vessel, sealing it, and reducing the pressure inside the vessel by removing air. This also causes air to be removed from inside the nuts. The air pressure in the vessel is then normalized, causing the air removed from the nuts to be replaced with water from the vessel. The nuts are then promptly transferred from the vessel and exposed to forces that cause the water inside the nuts to rapidly expand, creating internal pressure that forces the shells to split open along the longitudinal suture of the nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Ahmad Foroutanaliabad, Anahita Foroutanaliabad
  • Methods for splitting pistachio nuts
    Publication number: 20060182858
    Abstract: The present invention discloses methods for artificially splitting nuts in a manner that ensures that the nuts split in the same manner as naturally split nuts. The methods include placing a batch of closed-shell nuts into a water filled vessel, sealing it, and reducing the pressure inside the vessel by removing air. This also causes air to be removed from inside the nuts. The air pressure in the vessel is then normalized, causing the air removed from the nuts to be replaced with water from the vessel. The nuts are then promptly transferred from the vessel and exposed to forces that cause the water inside the nuts to rapidly expand, creating internal pressure that forces the shells to split open along the longitudinal suture of the nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Ahmad Foroutanaliabad, Anahita Foroutanaliabad