Patents by Inventor Estelle Lifran

Estelle Lifran 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).

  • Multi-component food product
    Patent number: 10785995
    Abstract: Embodiments herein related to multi-component packaged food products which have been thermally processed to achieve commercial sterility in a package, including at least a first component and a second component in contact with (e.g., immersed in) the first component, wherein said first component is comprised of a substantially water-based, liquid, pasty or gelled food such as sauce, gel, gravy, jus or the like, and wherein the second component consists of one or more relatively hard, manufactured pieces that substantially retain their initial shape and hard or crunchy textural functionality for at least an expected shelf-life of the product whilst exposed to the moisture content of the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: MARS, Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Sleigh, Brad William Woonton, Estelle Lifran, Tanoj Singh, Aung Htoon, Susan Finnegan
  • MULTI-COMPONENT FOOD PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20160198738
    Abstract: Embodiments herein related to multi-component packaged food products which have been thermally processed to achieve commercial sterility in a package, including at least a first component and a second component in contact with (e.g., immersed in) the first component, wherein said first component is comprised of a substantially water-based, liquid, pasty or gelled food such as sauce, gel, gravy, jus or the like, and wherein the second component consists of one or more relatively hard, manufactured pieces that substantially retain their initial shape and hard or crunchy textural functionality for at least an expected shelf-life of the product whilst exposed to the moisture content of the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Sleigh, Brad William Woonton, Estelle Lifran, Tanoj Singh, Aung Htoon, Susan Finnegan
  • MULTI-COMPONENT PET FOOD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20140010766
    Abstract: The invention concerns multi-component packaged food products which have been thermally processed to achieve commercial sterility in a package, including at least a first component and a second component in contact with (eg immersed in) the first component, wherein said first component is comprised of a substantially water-based, liquid, pasty or gelled food such as sauce, gel, gravy, jus or the like, and wherein the second component consists of one or more relatively hard, manufactured pieces that substantially retain their initial shape and hard or crunchy textural functionality for at least an expected shelf-life of the product whilst exposed to the moisture content of the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robert Sleigh, Brad William Woonton, Estelle Lifran, Tanoj Singh, Aung Htoon, Susan Finnegan