Patents by Inventor Christopher Upton CATES

Christopher Upton CATES 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 OF DEHYDRATING WINE GRAPES AND OTHER FOODS
    Publication number: 20240148009
    Abstract: A method of dehydrating seeded wine grapes that are intact, attached to a steam, and that have a fruit matrix containing seeds is described that includes providing air movement using a dehydration device over the seeded wine grapes at a temperature between 135 and 200 degrees F. to extract water through pores of the seeded wine grape, and cooling the seeded wine grapes to room temperature, thereby concentrating nutrients within the fruit matrix and rendering the seeds of the seeded wine grapes edible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher Upton CATES
  • Method of dehydrating wine grapes and other foods
    Patent number: 11910801
    Abstract: A method of dehydrating fruit, comprising providing at least one cluster of fruit attached to stems and the stems attached to a branch; a first heating step comprising heating the least one cluster of fruit at a temperature in a range of 100-200 degrees F. for a period of time in a range of 1-24 hours; and a first curing step comprising allowing the at least one cluster of fruit to cool to room temperature over a period of time whereby dehydrated fruit is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Riverhall Capital, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Upton Cates
  • METHOD OF DEHYDRATING WINE GRAPES AND OTHER FOODS
    Publication number: 20230076742
    Abstract: A method of dehydrating fruit, comprising providing at least one cluster of fruit attached to stems and the stems attached to a branch; a first heating step comprising heating the least one cluster of fruit at a temperature in a range of 100-200° F. for a period of time in a range of 1-24 hours; and a first curing step comprising allowing the at least one cluster of fruit to cool to room temperature over a period of time whereby dehydrated fruit is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher Upton CATES
  • METHOD OF DEHYDRATING WINE GRAPES AND OTHER FOODS
    Publication number: 20160360765
    Abstract: A method of dehydrating fruit, comprising providing at least one cluster of fruit attached to stems and the stems attached to a branch; a first heating step comprising heating the least one cluster of fruit at a temperature in a range of 100-200 degrees F. for a period of time in a range of 1-24 hours; and a first curing step comprising allowing the at least one cluster of fruit to cool to room temperature over a period of time whereby dehydrated fruit is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher Upton CATES
  • Container
    Patent number: D784137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: RIVERHALL CAPITAL LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Upton Cates
  • Stemware
    Patent number: D808217
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: RIVERHALL CAPITAL LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Upton Cates