Patents by Inventor Stephen Jerome Westerkamp

Stephen Jerome Westerkamp 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).

  • Liquid infusion pods containing insoluble materials
    Patent number: 7891286
    Abstract: A liquid infusion pod having a fluid distribution member and a liquid permeable first filter member. The filter member is sealed to the fluid distribution member forming a first interior chamber that contains a liquid dispersible material. The fluid distribution member has at least one injection nozzle protruding downward from the top of the fluid distribution member into the interior chamber. The injection nozzle has at least one infusion port that directs fluid into the first interior chamber in a direction that is not normal to the top plane of the fluid distribution member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Joseph Scarchilli, James Earl Trout, Roger William Gutwein, Robert George Cox, Jr., Matthew David Fitts, Michael Jerome Picca, Stephen Jerome Westerkamp
  • Liquid infusion pods containing insoluble materials
    Patent number: 7594470
    Abstract: A liquid infusion pod having a fluid distribution member and a liquid permeable first filter member. The filter member is sealed to the fluid distribution member forming a first interior chamber that contains a liquid dispersible material. The fluid distribution member has at least one injection nozzle protruding downward from the top of the fluid distribution member into the interior chamber. The injection nozzle has at least one infusion port that directs fluid into the first interior chamber in a direction that is not normal to the top plane of the fluid distribution member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Joseph Scarchilli, James Earl Trout, Roger William Gutwein, Robert George Cox, Jr., Matthew David Fitts, Michael Jerome Picca, Stephen Jerome Westerkamp
  • Method and device for brewing beverages
    Publication number: 20080041231
    Abstract: A method and device for brewing beverages is disclosed. The design incorporates a heater incorporating an advantageous combination of heating reservoir size and heating element power. The design also incorporates a purging process to dry a coffee pod after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Christopher Randall Beharry, James Earl Trout, Stephen Jerome Westerkamp