Patents by Inventor Frederick Maynard Merritt, II

Frederick Maynard Merritt, II 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).

  • Food casing package and method of preparing
    Patent number: 6279737
    Abstract: Disclosed is a package containing a plurality of cut lengths of fibrous casing which are moisturized to substantially soaked levels of moisture and are retained in an evacuated plastic bag wherein the moisture level of the casing is derived from free water added into the bag prior to evacuation. Also disclosed is a method of packaging cut lengths of casing which provides for the addition of soaked levels of moisture to the casing in the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Viskase Corporation
    Inventors: Larry Clyde Long, Frederick Maynard Merritt, II, Jeffery Allen Oxley
  • Edible film and method
    Patent number: 5962053
    Abstract: Described is an edible, water insoluble film which is a blend of polysaccharide and protein and, in particular, a ternary blend of konjac flour as a major constituent, agar and gelatin. Also, described is a method of forming the film including a deacetylating step to insolubilize the konjac flour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Viskase Corporation
    Inventor: Frederick Maynard Merritt, II
  • Method of preparing a food product encased in a glucomannan film
    Patent number: 5695800
    Abstract: Disclosed is a food product encased in a water insoluble film of glucomannan and a method for its manufacture. In the process an aqueous solution of glucomannan is cast onto the food product surface and then is deacetylated and coagulated in sire by contact with a saturated salt solution having either an acidic or basic pH. The coagulated solution is cured and dried in the presence of salt and subsequently washed and further dried to provide the water insoluble film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Viskase Corporation
    Inventor: Frederick Maynard Merritt, II