Patents by Inventor Dimitrios LYKOMITROS

Dimitrios LYKOMITROS 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).

  • Production of Expanded Nuts
    Publication number: 20160331018
    Abstract: A method of producing expanded nuts, the method comprising the steps of: (a) immersing a plurality of nut kernels in an aqueous liquid thereby hydrating at least a portion of each kernel; and (b) gun puffing the hydrated kernels causing at least one of expansion and blistering of at least an outer surface of the nut kernels. There is also disclosed a method of method of producing expanded nuts, the method comprising the steps of: (a) immersing a plurality of nut kernels in an aqueous liquid at a pressure of at least 100 MPa thereby hydrating at least a portion of each kernel; and (b) dehydrating the hydrated kernels causing at least one of expansion and blistering of at least an outer surface of the nut kernels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Vera NUNEZ, Jung HAN, Dimitrios LYKOMITROS, Joanna CAMPBELL, Ray MCGARVEY, Cynthia M. STEWART