Patents by Inventor Dana Sue Freeport

Dana Sue Freeport 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).

  • Packaged microwave popcorn formulation
    Patent number: 5993869
    Abstract: A microwave popcorn product is provided. The product includes a flexible expandable bag having a charge of unpopped popcorn and oil/fat-containing slurry therein. The oil/fat-containing slurry includes a solid oil component and a liquid oil component. Preferred products may be blended to have advantageous nutritional characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: ConAgra, Inc.
    Inventor: Dana Sue Freeport
  • Composition and method for flavoring unpopped popcorn
    Patent number: 5688543
    Abstract: A method of coating popcorn pieces is provided. According to one application of the method, an aqueous-based adhesive composition is applied to prepopped popcorn flake. Flavorant is then added in a preferred manner. In another application, a adhesive composition is applied to unpopped kernels with a follow up step of applying flavorant. Also a preferred, flavored, prepopped popcorn product is provided. Finally a preferred coated unpopped popcorn product, capable of being popped in a microwave oven in the absence of added oil or fat to advantage, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Golden Valley Microwave Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Dana Sue Freeport, Charles H. Turpin, Michael E. Bley, Edward Majewicz, Jeff T. Watkins