Patents by Inventor David J. Neff

David J. Neff 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).

  • Breadcrumb manufacturing system and method
    Patent number: 7938060
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing breadcrumbs, including the steps of forming a mixture, extruding the mixture to form loaves, surface drying the loaves in a first drying step, comminuting the loaves to form particles having a smaller size than the loaves, and further drying the particles in a second drying step to obtain the breadcrumbs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Southeastern Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: George Manak, David J. Neff, Jerry D. Kuhn, Bruce A. Crist, Thomas Brümmer, Markus Meyer, Markus Mauchle
  • Apparatus and method for combining digital and analog television signals
    Patent number: 6278498
    Abstract: An adjacent channel combiner combines an analog television channel with an upper adjacent digital television channel using practical filter designs. An aural signal of the analog television channel is combined after both a visual signal and a digital signal have been combined. A directional filter combines the visual and digital signals and a diplexer or other means is used for combining the aural signal with the combined visual and digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventor: David J. Neff