Patents by Inventor John Francis Pond

John Francis Pond 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).

  • Carbonate-based anti-caking agent with reduced gas release properties
    Publication number: 20040109927
    Abstract: The present invention provides carbonate-based anti-caking agents with reduced gassing properties and methods for preparing these anti-caking agents. The carbonate-based core material is encapsulated with encapsulating agents, which possess properties that can decrease the contact between the carbonate-based core material and its outer environment to minimize the production of carbon dioxide in the headspace of food package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Jit Fu Ang, John Francis Pond, Minghua Wang, Lawrence Allan McKee
  • Vending machine and microwave oven combination
    Patent number: 4004712
    Abstract: An electrically operated vending machine is electrically associated with a microwave oven so that use of the oven is permitted only upon the vending of a food item from the vending machine and for a specified period of time after such vending. The vending machine incorporates an electrical outlet to which the microwave oven is connected, a first relay which causes energization the outlet when an item is vended, and a second relay which energizes the outlet and maintains the energization of the oven provided that operation of the oven is commenced within a predetermined time after the vending of a purchase from the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1977
    Assignee: Moyer Diebel Limited
    Inventor: John Francis Pond