Patents by Inventor Craig W. McKinney

Craig W. McKinney 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).

  • Ready-to-eat cereals
    Patent number: 4588596
    Abstract: A new class of ready-to-eat cereals is disclosed. These products are baked bite sized pieces produced from a cookie dough, but having a bowl life of at least 3 minutes, and preferably containing fat in the amount between 3 and 17 percent, in which an effective bowl-life extending amount of an additive selected from the group free fatty acid, edible insoluble metallic salt of fatty acid, and mixtures thereof, is added.A preferred additive for providing bowl life in emminently satisfactory ranges is magnesium stearate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1986
    Assignee: The Quaker Oats Company
    Inventors: David P. Bone, Kathryn M. Brophy, Robert M. Champion, Robert J. Meschewski, Craig W. McKinney