Patents by Inventor Jay Hodson

Jay Hodson 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).

  • Laser Scored Pour Spout For Flexible Bag
    Publication number: 20080260304
    Abstract: An easy open, reclosable, flexible film package comprising a front wall, a back wall, a pair of opposing side gussets; a bottom; and a top; wherein the top is sealed; wherein the pair of opposing side gussets and the bottom wall connect the front wall to the back wall; wherein one side gusset has a score line extending from front to back; wherein when the score line is broken a spout is formed by pulling the side gusset below the score line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Alcan Packaging Flexible France
    Inventor: Jay Hodson
  • Scored Package And A Method Of Making The Same
    Publication number: 20080063321
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible pouch that is sealed on the sides to provide a space therein for a product. On one end of the pouch may be a recloseable feature. A patterned score line may be provided on an end of the pouch for removing a sheath disposed over the recloseable feature thereby exposing the recloseable feature. The pouch may be utilized for the storage of food products, such as cheese.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: Pechiney Emballage Flexible Europe
    Inventors: Jay Hodson, Chad Perre, Duane Buelow
  • Film structures and packages therefrom useful for packaging respiring food products
    Publication number: 20060159880
    Abstract: A multilayer laminate useful in the packaging of respiring food products such as swiss-type cheeses which generate or release carbon dioxide gas during storage and wherein said multilayer laminate allows for the egress of said gas while minimizing the ingress of oxygen. The multilayer laminate comprises at least one layer of a low gauge polyamide such as poly (?-caprolactam).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Jay Hodson, Chad Perre
  • Film structures and packages therefrom useful for packaging respiring food products
    Publication number: 20050064119
    Abstract: A multilayer laminate useful in the packaging of respiring food products such as swiss-type cheeses which generate or release carbon dioxide gas during storage and wherein said multilayer laminate allows for the egress of said gas while minimizing the ingress of oxygen. The multilayer laminate comprises at least one layer of a low gauge polyamide such as poly (-caprolactam).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Jay Hodson, Chad Perre
  • Packaging with food product
    Patent number: D904203
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventors: Andrea Bouma, Dawn Merrill, Jay Hodson