Patents by Inventor Christopher E. Damsgard

Christopher E. Damsgard 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 for making sweet cookie dough having an imprinted surface
    Patent number: 7067167
    Abstract: Rapid, efficient, and systematic processes and apparatuses for making repeatable imprints on multiple, individual sweet dough pieces are provided. An advantage of the process is the ease of making uniform imprints that are aligned with the individual dough pieces as formed and deposited. Such provides the ability to create a three-dimensional pattern on the surface of a sweet dough piece, particularly a soft cookie dough piece. The methods can be accomplished by high-speed wire cutting production methods as well as other dough piece depositing apparatuses, such as roller-type depositors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: General Mills Marketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Damsgard, James R. Baeten
  • Method for making sweet cookie dough having an imprinted surface
    Publication number: 20040151807
    Abstract: Rapid, efficient, and systematic processes and apparatuses for making repeatable imprints on multiple, individual sweet dough pieces are provided. An advantage of the process is the ease of making uniform imprints that are aligned with the individual dough pieces as formed and deposited. Such provides the ability to create a three-dimensional pattern on the surface of a sweet dough piece, particularly a soft cookie dough piece. The methods can be accomplished by high-speed wire cutting production methods as well as other dough piece depositing apparatuses, such as roller-type depositors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventor: Christopher E. Damsgard