Patents by Inventor Victoria Spadaro

Victoria Spadaro 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 measuring conformance of manufactured food product
    Patent number: 6457250
    Abstract: A grading template for measuring food product attributes for quality control and compliance. The template supports scales for measuring product attributes and has application for measuring size, shape, color and cell structure for baked bread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: The Pillsbury Company
    Inventors: J. David Mingus, Curtis M. DeMulling, Kristine K. Downing, Victoria Spadaro, Edwin T. Ta
  • Method and system for estimating the tenderness of a meat product
    Patent number: 6001655
    Abstract: A method for estimating the tenderness of a meat product is provided. The method includes determining the stress relaxation coefficient of a meat sample. One or more physical parameters of the meat sample are then determined from the stress relaxation coefficient. Diagnostic sensory characterization data, such as a numerical estimation of the meat's overall tenderness, is then determined for the meat sample. The physical parameters are then correlated to the diagnostic sensory characterization data, to allow the diagnostic sensory characterization data to be estimated solely from the measured physical parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Maria Victoria Spadaro, Rosana G. Moreira, Jimmy T. Keeton, David H. Allen