Patents by Inventor R. Karina Sylvia

R. Karina Sylvia 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).

  • Apparatus for treating an article containing an oxidizable organic compound
    Patent number: 6259107
    Abstract: An apparatus includes providing an article having an oxidizable organic compound and an organoleptic compound; advancing the article toward a means for treating the article, the means for treating the article including a treating medium, and a means for applying the treating medium to the article; and applying the treating medium to a surface of the article so as to lower the amount of the organoleptic compound in the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Becraft, Martin J. Ecoff, R. Karina Sylvia, Jeffrey A. Thomas
  • Method and apparatus for triggering an article containing an oxidizable organic compound
    Patent number: 5911910
    Abstract: A method includes the steps of providing an article comprising an oxidizable organic compound; passing the article through a chamber; exposing the article, while in the chamber, to a source of actinic radiation at a wavelength, intensity and residence time sufficient to provide the article with a dose of actinic radiation of at least 100 mJ/cm.sup.2 ; and exposing the article, while in the chamber, to a source of heat sufficient to raise the temperature inside the chamber to at least 55.degree. F. An apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Becraft, R. Karina Sylvia, Jeffrey A. Thomas
  • Method and apparatus for treating an article containing an oxidizable organic compound
    Patent number: 5904960
    Abstract: A method includes providing an article having an oxidizable organic compound and an organoleptic compound; advancing the article toward a means for treating the article, the means for treating the article including a treating medium, and a means for applying the treating medium to the article; and applying the treating medium to a surface of the article so as to lower the amount of the organoleptic compound in the article. An apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Becraft, Martin J. Ecoff, R. Karina Sylvia, Jeffrey A. Thomas