Patents by Inventor Dale V. Miller

Dale V. Miller 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).

  • Cooked meat products having a simulated net surface
    Patent number: 5597606
    Abstract: A method, and product formed thereby, for cooking meat products to produce an aesthetic surface and retain the natural juices wherein a heat shrinkable packaging material having a simulated net retaining surface appearance is formed around the meat product, and the package and meat product are cooked in a hot water bath to heat shrink the packaging material and create a three dimensional net surface design on the cooked meat product. The heat shrinkable material is thereafter removed, the meat product surface retains the netted surface design, and the meat product retains natural meat product juices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventors: Lee Kramer, Roger S. Williams, Jeffrey A. Williams, Frank C. Mello, Dale V. Miller
  • Process for cooking meat products to produce a simulated net surface
    Patent number: 5580597
    Abstract: A method, and product formed thereby, for cooking meat products to produce an aesthetic surface and retain the natural juices wherein a heat shrinkable packaging material having a simulated net retaining surface appearance is formed around the meat product, and the package and meat product are cooked in a hot water bath to heat shrink the packaging material and create a three dimensional net surface design on the cooked meat product. The heat shrinkable material is thereafter removed, the meat product surface retains the netted surface design, and the meat product retains natural meat product juices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Inventors: Lee Kramer, Roger S. Williams, Frank C. Mello, Jeffrey A. Williams, Dale V. Miller