Patents by Inventor Caius D. Rommens

Caius D. Rommens 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).

  • Method and system for modifying raw foods, and raw food product made thereby
    Patent number: 9192181
    Abstract: A method for modifying a quality of a fruit includes cutting a live stem attached to a live fruit at a cut distance from the fruit, producing a cut end of the stem, contacting only the cut end of the stem with a solution comprising at least one mobile and quality-modifying food ingredient while protecting the fruit from contact with the solution, and keeping the cut end of the stem in contact with the solution for an incubation time sufficient to allow absorption and transport of the food ingredient into the fruit, the food ingredient conferring a modified quality upon the fruit. A system for practicing the method and an edible raw plant product produced by the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: NIGHTSHADE, LLC
    Inventors: Caius D Rommens, Heather M Holloway, Roy D Holloway
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING RAW FOODS, AND RAW FOOD PRODUCT MADE THEREBY
    Publication number: 20150099711
    Abstract: A method for modifying a quality of a fruit includes cutting a live stem attached to a live fruit at a cut distance from the fruit, producing a cut end of the stem, contacting only the cut end of the stem with a solution comprising at least one mobile and quality-modifying food ingredient while protecting the fruit from contact with the solution, and keeping the cut end of the stem in contact with the solution for an incubation time sufficient to allow absorption and transport of the food ingredient into the fruit, the food ingredient conferring a modified quality upon the fruit. A system for practicing the method and an edible raw plant product produced by the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Nightshade, LLC
    Inventors: Caius D. Rommens, Heather M. Holloway, Roy D. Holloway