Patents by Inventor Oksana LAPIERRE

Oksana LAPIERRE 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).

  • Packaging and method of opening
    Patent number: 10479550
    Abstract: A crack-propagation line is separate from a seal joining two shells of a confectionery packaging. The confectionery packaging is opened by separating the packaging along the crack-propagation line such that a portion of at least one of the parts of the confectionery packaging is broken to form an opening through which the packaged confectionery can be removed. Consequently, there is provided a method of forming a confectionery packaging and a method of packaging a confectionery product wherein two shells of a confectionery packaging are sealed together and a crack-propagation line is formed in a portion of at least one of the parts of the confectionery packaging. Suitably, the crack-propagation line extends away from the seal joining the two parts. The confectionery packaging is opened by separating at least one of the parts of the confectionery packaging, leaving the seal substantially unaffected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: KRAFT FOODS R & D, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Bechtel, Oksana Lapierre, Paul Mutter
  • PACKAGING AND METHOD OF OPENING
    Publication number: 20150314949
    Abstract: A crack-propagation line is separate from a seal joining two shells of a confectionery packaging. The confectionery packaging is opened by separating the packaging along the crack-propagation line such that a portion of at least one of the parts of the confectionery packaging is broken to form an opening through which the packaged confectionery can be removed. Consequently, there is provided a method of forming a confectionery packaging and a method of packaging a confectionery product wherein two shells of a confectionery packaging are sealed together and a crack-propagation line is formed in a portion of at least one of the parts of the confectionery packaging. Suitably, the crack-propagation line extends away from the seal joining the two parts. The confectionery packaging is opened by separating at least one of the parts of the confectionery packaging, leaving the seal substantially unaffected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Scott BECHTEL, Oksana LAPIERRE, Paul MUTTER