Patents by Inventor Elena Bergamini

Elena Bergamini 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).

  • FLOUR-BASED SHAPE-CHANGING FOOD AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20220354134
    Abstract: Methods for creating semolina flour-based shape-changing food from a multi-layered dough with at least one grooved surface. The dough layers have difference compositions including natural, staple and edible ingredients. The dough is exposed to stimuli during dehydration (e.g., baking) or hydration (e.g., boiling) processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicants: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, BARILLA G. & R. FRATELLI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Lining Yao, Humphrey Yang, Youngwook Do, Catherine Mondoa, Guanyun Wang, Jianxun Cui, Wen Wang, Yi-Chin Lee, Ye Tao, Claudia Berti, Elena Berte, Elena Bergamini
  • Process for the production of a nest-shaped food product comprising strips of a dried vegetable and associated product
    Patent number: 11178891
    Abstract: A process for the production of a nest-shaped food product containing strips of a dried vegetable, preferably a garden vegetable, storable at room temperature for at least 7 days is disclosed. The process involves providing at least one fresh vegetable which has been previously washed, cutting the vegetable into strips, feeding the vegetable strips in metered amounts into a perforated mold, subjecting the strips to a stabilization heat treatment by means of saturated steam, drying the thermally stabilized strips by means of a flow of hot air so as to obtain a nest containing dried strips of vegetable with a moisture content of between 8% and 16% by weight of their total weight. The invention also concerns a nest-shaped food product which is obtained by means of the process and which may optionally contain strips of durum wheat semolina pasta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: BARILLA G. E R. FRATELLI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Elena Bergamini, Nadia Morbarigazzi, Oreste Caselli, Paolo Bertolini
  • PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A NEST-SHAPED FOOD PRODUCT COMPRISING STRIPS OF A DRIED VEGETABLE AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20210022375
    Abstract: A process for the production of a nest-shaped food product containing strips of a dried vegetable, preferably a garden vegetable, storable at room temperature for at least 7 days is disclosed. The process involves providing at least one fresh vegetable which has been previously washed, cutting the vegetable into strips, feeding the vegetable strips in metered amounts into a perforated mold, subjecting the strips to a stabilization heat treatment by means of saturated steam, drying the thermally stabilized strips by means of a flow of hot air so as to obtain a nest containing dried strips of vegetable with a moisture content of between 8% and 16% by weight of their total weight. The invention also concerns a nest-shaped food product which is obtained by means of the process and which may optionally contain strips of durum wheat semolina pasta.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Barilla G. e R. Fratelli S.p.A.
    Inventors: Elena Bergamini, Nadia Morbarigazzi, Oreste Caselli, Paolo Bertolini